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داستان رسول روم و امیرالمؤمنین عمر / The Tale of the Roman Envoy and Caliph Umar

The 'Tale of the Roman Envoy and Caliph Umar' is a continuous narrative in Book One of Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi. It begins with a Roman ambassador arriving in Medina expecting to find Caliph Umar in a grand palace, only to discover him sleeping peacefully on the bare ground. This framing narrative serves as a profound allegory for Sufi teachings, contrasting material wealth and worldly power with spiritual authority and divine awe. The story encompasses several sections and forms the basis for subsequent philosophical dialogues between the envoy and Umar concerning the nature of the soul and the annihilation of the ego (fana).

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