By Amin Banani,Anthony A. Lee
The publication has 3 sections: 1) a basic creation to Rumi's poetry, 2) translations of fifty three brief poems, and three) a groundbreaking essay through Banani at the place of Rumi in Islamic poetry and in global literature.
The poems are offered as classes on love. The reader is inspired to regard them as koans to encourage religious contemplation.
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