By A. A., *Mevlana's Masnavi Translated Into Dutch* - Turkish Weekly - Ankara, Turkey; Wednesday, 22 December 2010Konya: Masnavi, written by 13th century philosopher and mystic of Islam Mevlana Jalal-ad-din Rumi, has been translated into Dutch.
The translation was made by Dutch author Abdulwahid Van Bommel within the scope of "Mevlana Events in the Netherlands" initiated in 2007 by the Turkish Authors' Club in the Netherlands. The first edition of the translation will be printed 1,000 copies.
Van Bommel, who studied philosophy and literature in Turkey, said Masnavi was a map for religion.
"Mevlana drew a map. People want to get satisfied by religion. Masnavi has everything that people are looking for. The map drawn by Mevlana can satisfy anything," Van Bommel said.
Mevlana, who devoted himself to the pursuit of Sufi mysticism, was the spiritual founder of the Mevlevi order of Whirling Dervishes and he was justly regarded as the supreme master.
The Masnavi or Masnavi-I Ma'navi, written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi is one of the best known and most influential works of both Sufism and Persian literature.
Comprising six books of poems that amount to more than 50,000 lines, it pursues its way through 424 stories that illustrate man's predicament in his search for God.
[Picture: Masnavi, a calligraphic specimen from 1490, Mevlâna mausoleum, Konya, Turkey. Photo: Wiki.]
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