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An exceptional contribution to the understanding of a key figure in Islamic mysticism, this book offers a 20th century commentary - by the eminent Sufi and spiritual guide Kenen Rifai - on Jalal ad-Din RUmi's 13th century Spiriual Couplets, or Masnavi.

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What a gift! We are grateful to Victoria Holbrook for conveying into English Ken'an Rifai's beautiful commentary on Rumi's Masnavi. For the lovers of Mevlana Rumi this will be a great blessing, enlivening their researches and enlightening their hearts. --Camille Helminski, author, Women of Sufism It is a blessing to have a companion like the respected Kenan Rifai when entering the paradise of the Masnavi. He offers us something rare in these times: a perspective that comes from great knowledge and a living tradition of gnosis. --Kabir Helminski, Sufi author, Mevlevi Shaikh Holbrook's highly readable translation of Rifai's Listen! goes a long way toward showing how Rumi has been understood in his own cultural context down to modern times. --William C. Chittick, professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Stony Brook University For all of us Rumi lovers who have adored Rumi's sublime poetry, here is the answer to our prayers: a rich, profound, and yet accessible commentary on Rumi's masterpiece, the Masnavi. The lovely translation, by the superb scholar Victoria Holbrook, of Kenan Rifai, stands out as the definitive English language commentary on Rumi's writings. --Dr. Omid Safi, professor of religious studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

What a gift! We are grateful to Victoria Holbrook for conveying into English Ken'an Rifai's beautiful commentary on Rumi's Masnavi . For the lovers of Mevlana Rumi this will be a great blessing, enlivening their researches and enlightening their hearts. --Camille Helminski, author, Women of Sufism

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Kenan Rifai was the director for Provincial Directorates of National Education in various Ottoman cities and a high school principal. Due to the tutelage of the great sheikh Hamza Rifai, he became a teacher of Islamic mysticism and Sufism at Altay Lodge. Victoria Holbrook is a distinguished scholar specializing in Ottoman studies and the translator of East West Mimesis: Auerbach in Turkey. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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