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MA’AARIF
E
MATHNAWI
A Commentary of the MATHNAWI
Of
Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi
(Rahmatullah Alaihe)
By:
Shaikh-ul-Arab Wal Ajam Arifbillah
Hazrat-e-Aqdas Maulana Shah
Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Saheb
(Damat Barakaatuhum)
Publisher
Kutub Khana Mazhari
Gulshan Iqbal, Block 2
Karachi, Pakistan
www.khanqah.org
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Table of Contents
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ............................................................... 8
FOREWORD ............................................................................. 10
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 12
SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF MAULANA RUMI................................. 15
SECOND PHASE OF MAULANA RUMI’S LIFE ................................. 16
MAULANA’S WRITINGS .......................................................................... 18
SPECIALTIES OF THE MATHNAWI .................................................... 18
WRITING STYLE ......................................................................................... 19
SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF MAULANA RUMI ................................20
THE MEETING OF MAULANA RUMI AND SHAMS TABREZI....24
THE STORY OF HAZRAT JAAFAR AL-TAYYAR ....................... 29
THE STORY OF SULTAN MAHMOOD GHAZNAWI ................... 32
THE STORY OF THE VEILED KING ......................................... 40
THE STORY OF HAZRAT SULTAN IBRAHIM BIN ADHAM
(RAHMATULLAH ALAIHE)....................................................... 47
THE STORY OF HAZRAT PIR CHANGI .......................................67
THE STORY OF A HERDSMAN AND NABI MOOSA (ALAIHIS
SALAAM) ............................................................................... 73
THE STORY OF HAZRAT LUQMAAN ....................................... 76
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THE STORY OF THE SAINT IN THE MOUNTAIN ........................85
THE STORY OF HAZRAT BILAL (RADHIALLAHO ANHO) ........ 87
THE STORY OF SULTAN MAHMOOD AND AYAAZ .................. 93
THE STORY OF HAZRAT ZUN NOON MISRY ......................... 97
THE STORY ABOUT A CURE FOR SENSUAL LOVE................. 100
A WORD OF WARNING REGARDING SENSUAL LOVE ........... 103
THE STORY OF HAZRAT ABUL HASAN KHARQANI .................. 108
THE STORY OF HAZRAT JALALUDDIN RUMI ........................ 114
THE STORY OF HAZRAT UMAR AND THE ROMAN ENVOY ... 127
THE STORY OF HOW A PERSON’S MOUTH BECAME CROOKED
BY HAVING MENTIONED THE PROPHET'S NAME IN JEST .. 129
THE STORY OF THE 'NIGHT RUBY LAMP' AND THE WATER
COW..................................................................................... 130
THE STORY OF THE PATIENCE AND TOLERANCE OF NABI
MOOSA .............................................................................. 133
THE STORY OF HAZRAT SAFOORA ...................................... 135
THE STORY OF THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A FROG AND A
MOUSE ................................................................................ 137
THE STORY OF THE PARROT AND THE SHOPKEEPER ........... 146
THE STORY OF THE UNGRATEFULNESS OF NAMROOD ....... 149
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THE WISDOM OF HAZRAT LUQMAAN ................................. 152
THE STORY OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF "AAH" ....................... 153
THE STORY ABOUT THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON AN
ELEPHANT ............................................................................ 155
THE VAIN IMAGINATION OF A FLY.................................... 156
THE STORY ABOUT THE TREATMENT FOR A TANNER ......... 158
THE STORY OF THE BEWITCHED PRINCE ............................ 159
THE STORY OF THE SINCERITY OF HAZRAT ALI ............... 162
THE STORY OF THE TRADER AND THE CAPTIVE PARROT .... 166
THE ROMANS AND THE CHINESE IN DECORATING ............ 168
THE STORY OF THE REPENTANCE OF HAZRAT NASOOH .... 170
THE STORY OF THE DEBATE OF HAZRAT ALI WITH A
REJECTER............................................................................. 173
THE STORY OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN HAZRAT
MU'AWIYA AND IBLEES ...................................................... 175
THE STORY OF THE GRAMMARIAN AND THE SAILOR ......... 176
THE REJECTION BY A PHILOSOPHER................................... 177
THE STORY OF HAKEEM JALINOOS .................................... 179
THE STORY OF RASULULLAH’S (SALLELLAHO ALAIHE
WASALLAM) VISIT TO THE SICK ......................................... 181
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THE STORY OF THE ROYAL FALCON .................................... 183
THE STORY OF THE FALCON AND THE OWLS ..................... 184
THE STORY OF A PEACOCK AND THE HAKEEM .................... 185
THE STORY OF HAZRAT ANAS BIN MAALIK ...................... 186
THE STORY OF A THIEF DURING THE TIME OF HAZRAT UMAR
(RADHIALLAHO ANHO) ........................................................ 187
THE STORY OF HAZRAT MOOSA VISITING THE SICK ........ 189
THE STORY OF THE TREE OF LIFE...................................... 190
THE STORY OF HAZRAT IZRAEEL STARING AT PERSON ..... 192
THE STORY OF THE PLAN OF THE THIRSTY ONE ............... 193
THE STORY OF PROMISING TO DO SOMETHING TOMORROW
............................................................................................ 195
THE STORY OF A MOUSE LEADING A CAMEL...................... 197
THE STORY OF THE KILLING OF THE ELEPHANT CUB ......... 200
THE VIRTUE OF REQUESTING DUA’A FROM OTHERS .......... 202
THE STORY THAT OUR SAYING 'YA ALLAH' IS HIS REPLY 204
THE STORY OF MAJNOON LOVING THE DOGS OF LAYLA’S
STREET .............................................................................. 205
THE STORY OF LAYLA AND THE CALIPH OF BAGHDAD ....... 207
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THE STORY OF MAJNOON WRITING LAYLA'S NAME ON THE
SAND ................................................................................... 209
THE STORY OF HAZRAT MOOSA AND TAUHEED ................. 214
THE STORY OF NABI SULAIMAN AND HIS INVITATION TO
BILQEES .............................................................................. 217
THE STORY OF NABI MOOSA INVITING FIR’AUN TO ISLAM
............................................................................................ 220
THE STORY OF FIR’AUN CONSULTING WITH HIS WIFE
AASIYA OVER EMBRACING ISLAM ....................................... 222
THE STORY OF MAJNOON AND HIS CAMEL ....................... 226
THE STORY OF THE PERSON WALKING WITH A LAMP IN THE
DAY...................................................................................... 228
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE WHO DID NOT COME OUT OF THE
MOSQUE .............................................................................. 230
THE STORY OF NABI ESA FLEEING FROM AN INSANE PERSON
............................................................................................ 231
THE STORY OF A TWO-MONTH OLD BABY CONVERSING WITH
RASULULLAH ........................................................................ 234
THE STORY OF AN EAGLE TAKING RASULULLAH (SALLELLAHO
ALAIHE WASALLAM)'S SOCKS ............................................ 235
THE STORY OF A KING AND HIS BELOVED ......................... 237
THE TREATMENT FOR EVIL AND FIGURATIVE LOVE ........... 240
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THE STORY OF A WOMAN CRYING BEFORE ALLAH TA’ALA
OVER THE LOSS OF HER CHILDREN .................................... 242
THE STORY OF A CHILD BEING THROWN INTO THE FIRE IN
THE PRESENCE OF HIS MOTHER ......................................... 243
THE STORY OF THE WIND'S DESTRUCTION OF THE PEOPLE
OF NABI HOOD (ALAIHIS SALAAM) ................................... 245
THE STORY OF A MOSQUITO COMPLAINING TO NABI
SULAIMAN (ALAIHIS SALAAM)........................................... 246
THE STORY OF THE MOURNING TREE ................................ 248
THE STORY OF THE MIRACLE OF THE PEBBLES .................. 249
THE STORY OF THE PERSON CRYING OVER HIS DOG ......... 250
THE STORY OF AYAAZ AND THOSE WHO WERE JEALOUS OF
HIM ..................................................................................... 251
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UJUB AND TAKABBUR ............. 255
THE STORY OF ONE WHO CONSIDERED HIMSELF FORCED 257
THE STORY OF A MAN WITH A LION TATTOO ON HIS ARM
............................................................................................ 258
THE STORY OF THE SNAKE IN THE CITY OF BAGHDAD ..... 260
TOWARDS FOLLOWING A SAINTLY SPIRITUAL GUIDE ....... 262
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About the Author
Shaikh-ul-Arab Wal
