Life & Work of Muhammad Jalaluddin Rumi

‘Until the publication of the present volume no attempt has been made to write for te general public a biography and aesthetic appreciation of the man who enriched humanity with such splendid and massive contributions to literature and thought . . . . Fortunately this lamentable neglect has now been repaired with the issue of Afzal Iqbal’s The Life and Thought (now Work) of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi. The author of this excellent monograph…. has read deeply the extensive writings of Rumi, and what others have said on the subject in ancient and modern times. While his approach to the poet is sensitive, and his aesthetic analysis most delicate, he displays acute powers of scholarly criticism in discussing the difficult problems that surround Rumi’s biography.