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Discourses of Rumi = Fihi ma fih / Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi ; [translated from the Persian by] A. J. Arberry Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 Deskripsi Dokumen: http://lib.ui.ac.id/opac/themes/libri2/detail.jsp?id=20374610&lokasi=lokal ------Abstrak

Reprint of the 1961 classic study of the discourses of the founder of the order of Whirling Dervishes. The poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi has recently become popular and well known. Anyone who is looking to experience Rumis incandescent love need go no further than his volumes of verse, but if you want to see the subtleties of his wisdom and find insights into the real meaning of his poetry, then Rumis Discourses hold the key. Rumi is not just telling stories that teach, or relating his philosophical and religious under- standing, as the previous translations have focused on, but his words have been crafted to transmit something of great substance. As the Sufis have often said, this matter cannot be stud- ied from the outside, it can only be discovered from within. No doubt such statements will raise disagreements, but we need only refer to Rumis own discourses to see his own opinions on this very subject. Over and over Rumi criticizes those who study at length the outward sense of things, but miss the inner Truth. It is likely that the Discourses of Rumi will only appeal to those who are willing to make some effort to study his words. But if the reader is willing to read carefully, he or she should be able to find a greater glimpse of Rumis relationship with life and his spiritually intoxicating intimacy with the Path of Love.