Rumi: The Masnavi, Book 2 Caliph and astronomers were steadily advancing

and astronomers were steadily advancing the frontiers of knowledge

Written with feeling

Widely esteemed by figures as diverse as Charles Baudelaire

Author: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id

Rumi: The Masnavi, Book 2 Caliph and astronomers were steadily advancingThe most influential Sufi poem ever written, the six books of the Masnavi are often called "the Qur'an in Persian". Book Two is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses on the struggle against the self, and how to choose the right companions in order to progress along the mystical path. By interweaving amusing stories and profound homilies, Rumi instructs his readers in a style that still speaks