*Bill Chittick”s translation of the original text in Persian, he is an academic and well versed in sufi teachings for correct interpretation and contextual insights.

**The Masnavi, or Masnavi-i Ma'navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی‎‎), also written Mesnevi, Mathnawi, or Mathnavi, is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi also known as Rumi, the celebrated Persian Sufi poet. It is one of the best known and most influential works of Sufism. The Masnavi is a series of six books of poetry that together amount to around 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines. It is a spiritual writing that teaches Sufis how to reach their goal of being in true love with God. (wikipedia.org)