MASNAVI-YE MA'NAVI (THE SPIRITUAL COUPLETS) BY JALAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI...

MASNAVI-YE MA'NAVI (THE SPIRITUAL COUPLETS) BY JALAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI
Iran, late 16th - 17th century

Arabic (first page) and Persian text on paper, composed of 138 pages, with 1 flyleaf and 1 endpaper, incomplete and incorrectly collated, beginning with Section 79 of Book VI and ending with Section 130 of Book IV; Persian text written in black nasta'liq script with red titles, arranged in four columns, the inner margins ruled with multiple gilded fillets; three unwan opening pages each with a title panel featuring a gilded cartouche against a cobalt-blue ground, surmounted by cusped arches, all illuminated with polychrome arabesques against cobalt-blue and gilded grounds; bearing the stamp of a library in Lahore; modern binding.

32cm x 22.5cm x 3cm

The Masnavi-ye Ma'navi is a foundational spiritual text of Sufism that uses fables, folklore, Quranic stories, and everyday anecdotes to guide readers toward divine love and union with God.