The Masnavi is the Bible of the Persians, and Jelal u-din Rumi is their apostle of the prophet. No book of antiquity, or modern days, is, all things considered more remarkable than this production. Wit, humor, poetry and rhyme express its sometimes post-prandial pantheism, and these are offset with conceptions which are often sublime, and a piety which was doubtless sincere.

The Masnavi is the Bible of the Persians, and Jelal u-din Rumi is their apostle of the prophet. No book of antiquity, or modern days, is, all things considered more remarkable than this production. Wit, humor, poetry and rhyme express its sometimes post-prandial pantheism, and these are offset with conceptions which are often sublime, and a piety which was doubtless sincere.

The Masnavi is the Bible of the Persians, and Jelal u-din Rumi is their apostle of the prophet. No book of antiquity, or modern days, is, all things considered more remarkable than this production. Wit, humor, poetry and rhyme express its sometimes post-prandial pantheism, and these are offset with conceptions which are often sublime, and a piety which was doubtless sincere.