The Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi - Part 2
- Story 1
- (15 to 322)
- Dense & Subtle.
- O Jesus, teach me that exalted Name by which thou makest the dead to live;
- The Sufi’s Advice to a Servant: Care for the Beast and Say ‘Lá Hawl’
- Story 2
- (322 to 513)
- How the King Found His Falcon in an Old Woman’s Home
- How Shaykh Ahmad, Inspired by God, Bought Halwá for His Creditors
- A Farmer Pats a Lion Instead of His Ox in the Dark
- Story 3
- (513 to 1320)
- The Súfís Sold the Traveler's Beast to Fund the Mystic Dance
- How the Thirsty Man Threw Bricks into the Stream
- The Governor’s Command: Root Up the Thorn Bush from the Road
- Story 4
- (1633 to 1797)
- The Philosopher's Disbelief at the Quranic Recitation: 'If Your Water Shall Have Sunk into the Ground
- How Moses Took Offence at the Shepherd's Prayer
- Story 5
- (1877 to 2130)
- A Snake had been entered in the mouth of a sleeping man and how an Amir harassed that man
- The love of a fool is for sure the love of a bear.
- The Worship of the Golden Calf Created by Samiri
- Story 6
- (2156 to 2211)
- When God Asked Moses, 'Why Did You Not Visit Me in My Sickness?
- How the Gardener Separated the Súfí, the Jurist, and the Descendant of ‘Alí
- Story 7
- (2212 to 2597)
- A Proud Man’s Prayers, Illness, and the Prophet’s Compassion
- A Certain Shaykh said to Báyazíd, “I am the Ka‘ba: perform a circumambulation round me.”
- The Inquirer and the Saint Who Feigned Madness
- The Police Inspector summoned the famous man who had fallen drunk (on the ground) to (go to) prison
- Story 8
- (2604 to 3026)
- Why Iblís awakened Mu‘áwiya saying, “Arise, it is time for prayer.
- The sigh (Ah !) of missing the prayer with the Prophet
- The Mosque of Opposition: A Lesson on Hypocrisy
- The Lost Camel: A Story of Seeking and Finding
- Story 9
- (3088 to 3235)
- How an old man complained of his ailments to a doctor, and how the doctor answered him
- Júhí and the Lamenting Child at His Father’s Bier”
- The Desert Arab, the Sack of Sand, and the Philosopher’s Rebuke
- The Desert's Arab, The Two half Sack of Sand on Camel and the Philosopher’s Rebuke
- Ibráhím ibn Adham’s Miracles on the Seashore
- Story 10
- (3284 to 3453)
- Man Who Claimed God Would Not Punish Him and Shu‘ayb’s Reply
- How the Mouse Pulled the Camel’s Rope and Became Conceited
- Story 11
- (3641 to 3810)
- On Seeking the Tree whereof none that eats the fruit shall die
- Four People, One Fruit: A Story of Names and Conflict
- The Ducklings Fostered by a Domestic Fowl
- When the Desert Rained: The Ascetic and the Awestruck Pilgrims