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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