Literally, Majnún means “insane.” This is the title of the celebrated lover of ancient Persian and Arabian lore, whose beloved was Laylí, daughter of an Arabian prince. Symbolizing true human love bordering on the divine, the story has been made the theme of many a Persian romantic poem, particularly that of Nizámí, written in 1188–1189 A.D.
Arabian proverb.
Refer to the story of Joesph in the Qur’án and the Old Testament.
Farídu’d-Dín Attár (ca. 1150–1230 A.D.), the great Persian Súfí poet.
Persian mystic poem.
Persian mystic poem. Cf. The Hidden Words, No. 7, Arabic.
Qur’án 50:29.
Jalálu’d-Dín Rúmí (1207–1273 A.D.); The Mathnaví. Jalálu’d-Dín, called Mawláná (“our Master”), is the greatest of all Persian Súfí poets, and founder of the Mawlaví “whirling” dervish order.
From an ode by Bahá’u’lláh.
Qur’án 67:3.