Jalal ad-Din Rumi, "Master with a radiant heart" - the greatest Persian poet and Sufi mystic, one of the best known and most widely read poets around the world, not only in the East but also the West. The main work of Rumi is Masnavi - "a poem about the hidden meaning," given the title of "The Persian Koran," is a true encyclopedia of Sufi poetry. The book presents translations of Rumi in the Russian language, made in the spirit of the Sufi tradition.