{"product_id":"spiritual-verses-by-the-jalaluddin-rumi-9780140447910","title":"Spiritual Verses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem has been called 'the Qu'ran of the Persian language'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBegun in 1262 AD, \u003cem\u003eMasnavi-ye Ma'navi\u003c\/em\u003e, or 'spiritual couplets', is thought to be the longest single-authored 'mystical' poem ever written. As the spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition, it teaches how to progress to the ultimate goal of the Sufi path - union with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJalaloddin Rumi was a poet and a mystic, but he was first a teacher; in these verses, he draws the reader into the complexities of human love and separation and explains the path to divine love through the elimination of self-regard and worldly desires. Drawing on diverse sources from bawdy tales and fables to stories of the prophet Mohammed, these verses are brief in expression yet copious in meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46510009155820,"sku":"9780140447910","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27366873482237.jpg?v=1748790409","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/spiritual-verses-by-the-jalaluddin-rumi-9780140447910","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}