Kingdom of Joy- Tales from Rumi Amoli for she too had a

for she too had a way to reach the youths

By Sayyid Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Mussawi Al-Muqarram

and to the two who inspired us

The book also includes a rich selection of Arabic and Persian mystical poems which have been elegantly rendered into English

Kingdom of Joy- Tales from Rumi Amoli for she too had aThe most eloquent and most lovable, the wisest and most humane writer in the "Islamic Sufi tradition" So writes "professor Annemarie Schimmel" about Jalal ud din Rumi in her preface to the "Kingdom of Joy", a beautiful colorful book, in which the wise, charming and funny stories of Rumi are captured and retold in an elegant and simple manner for the young reader. Underlying the diverse stories found in the "Mathnawi" ranging from a bald parrot to a