Halqa-e-Mathnavi
A traditional study-circle on selections from
the Mathnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi
(alternate Thursdays)
with
Maulana M. Shahzad Mujaddidi
Inaugural Sitting
Thursday, 4th December 2014
Opening lines of the Mathnavi:
Listen to this reed how it complains:
it is telling a tale of separations.
Saying, "Ever since I was parted from the reed-bed,
man and woman have moaned in (unison with) my lament
Translation by Nicholson, 1926
Maulana Shahzad Mujaddidi is a Naqshbandi Mujadidi scholar
and the founder of Darulikhlas, a publication house on religious texts. He is also
a host of many television shows.
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