Masnavi

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Masnavi is a six-volume epic poem by the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi, revered as one of the greatest works of Sufi spiritual and philosophical literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian literary work
Sufi literature
didactic poem
poem
alsoKnownAs Masnavi
surface form: Masnavi-ye Ma'navi

Mathnawi
Mathnawi
surface form: Mathnawi-ye Ma'nawi
approximateLineCount about 25000 couplets
associatedWith Konya
Mevleviyya
surface form: Mevlevi order
author Rumi
surface form: Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi

Rumi
compositionStarted circa 1258
contains Quranic allusions
anecdotes
hadith references
parables
genre mystical poetry
spiritual poetry
hasCommentaries numerous Persian commentaries
hasTranslations translated into many languages
influenced Ottoman Divan literature
surface form: Ottoman literature

Persian literature
South Asian Sufi poetry
intendedAudience Sufi disciples
intendedFunction spiritual guidance
language Persian
literaryForm narrative interwoven with commentary
mainTheme annihilation of the self (fana)
divine love
moral and ethical teaching
spiritual journey toward God
numberOfVolumes 6
placeOfOrigin Khorasan
surface form: Greater Khorasan

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
surface form: Rum Seljuk Sultanate
regardedAs one of the greatest works of Sufi literature
spiritual commentary on the Quran
religiousContext Islam
religiousStatus venerated text in Sufi circles
religiousTradition Sufism
rhymeScheme aa bb cc
structure six books
subject Sufi metaphysics
ethics and proper conduct (adab)
inner purification
relationship between human and God
timePeriod 13th century
verseForm masnavi

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Rumi notableWork Masnavi
Rumi notableWork Masnavi
this entity surface form: Masnavi-ye Ma'navi
Mevleviyya associatedText Masnavi
Persian literature hasNotableWork Masnavi
this entity surface form: Masnavi-ye Ma'navi
Masnavi alsoKnownAs Masnavi
this entity surface form: Masnavi-ye Ma'navi
Mathnawi alsoKnownAs Masnavi
Mathnawi alsoKnownAs Masnavi
this entity surface form: Masnavi-ye Ma'navi
Mathnawi alsoKnownAs Masnavi
this entity surface form: Spiritual Masnavi
Fihi Ma Fihi relatedWork Masnavi
Makatib relatedWork Masnavi
Persian culture notableWork Masnavi
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi partOf Masnavi
this entity surface form: Rumi's poetic corpus
Majalis-e Sab'a relatedWork Masnavi
Jalāl al-Dīn mainWork Masnavi
بوستان قالب Masnavi
this entity surface form: مثنوی
Mawlawiyya influencedBy Masnavi
this entity surface form: Jalal al-Din Rumi's Masnavi
Mawlawiyya influencedBy Masnavi
this entity surface form: Jalal al-Din Rumi's Divan-e Shams
Khwaju Kermani wroteInForm Masnavi
this entity surface form: masnavi