[Masnavi Manavi 03] • The Masnavi, Book Three (Oxford World's Classics) by Rumi, Jalal al-Din -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Copyright Page Title Page Dedication Acknowledgments Contents Introduction Note on the Translation Select Bibliography A Chronology of Rumi Prose Introduction Exordium Don’t eat baby elephants! A lover’s mistake is better than the stranger’s correct act Prayer and the pure mouth The answer to prayers The townsman and the villager

The People of Sheba and the Prophets

Jesus’ healing of the sick

The falcon and the ducks The Zarwan nation Majnun and Layli’s dog

The jackal who pretended to be a peacock

The man who greased his moustache to show off Bal‘am ben Ba’ur

Exegesis of ‘You will know them through the corruption of their speech’ Harut and Marut Pharaoh’s attempts to prevent Moses’ birth The frozen snake that came back to life Moses and Pharaoh’s magicians The elephant in the dark Infidelity and God’s decree The barber and the man with grizzled hair The companions of the Prophet and the Qur_an The error of reading a love letter when you are next to the beloved The man who prayed for a livelihood without having to work

The teacher who was tricked by his pupils into believing he was sick Shaikh Amputee

The far-sighted goldsmith

Pharaoh’s threats to his magicians The mule’s complaint to the camel Ozayr’s ass The shaikh who did not grieve the death of his sons The man who regained sight whenever reading the Qur’an

The patience of Loqman

Friends of God who choose not to pray Bohlul and the dervish The visions of Daquqi

Moses and Khezr

Jesus’ escape from the fool The People of Sheba and the Prophets

Noah and the building of his ark The burglar who said he was just beating a drum

A parable about prudence The vow of the dogs every winter The wisdom in the creation of hell Kings and the small gate in the city wall of Jerusalem The Sufiwho was made ecstatic by an empty mealcloth Jacob and Joseph’s shirt The prince and the slave who stayed in the mosque to pray When Prophets lose hope

Ordinary people have faith based on fear and hope Hidden friends of God Anas and the Prophet Mohammad’s napkin The Prophet saves a caravan in the desert Need draws God’s bounty The baby that bore witness to the Prophet Mohammad The eagle that lifted away the Prophet’s boot The man who asked Moses to teach him the languages of animals The woman whose children all died in infancy Hamza’s refusal to wear body armour The advantages of deliberation Belal’s embrace of death The world and the body Reason and revelation The reverence disciples should have for their masters The enemy of the sun Levels of knowledge The relativity of knowledge Self-annihilation and subsistence in God The love of the vakilof Bukhara for his ruler, the sadr

The appearance of the Holy Spirit to Mary The haunted mosque

The worldliness of Galen How Satan tricked the Qoraysh A drum of inappropriate size Chick peas boiling in a pot compared with true believers The Masnaviand its critics

The outer and inner meanings of the Qur’an Why friends of God retreat to the mountains The mountains joined David in repeating the Psalms

The foal that would not drink near commotion

The cry of the Devil to dissuade you from the path The attraction of elements to their source The soul’s attraction to the spiritual world The Prophet Mohammad and his foes The flea complains about the wind to Solomon

The union of the lover who was not true Explanatory Notes Glossary Footnote