Sirr-i dilbarān: Masnavī bih nasr

In Sirr-i dilbarān, Nāhīd ʻAbqarī retells the six books of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī's Masnavī in Persian prose. The work opens with an account of Rūmī's life and then follows the order of the six books across two volumes, beginning with the lament of the reed. Familiar stories, including the king and the slave girl, the merchant and the parrot, and Moses and the shepherd, appear alongside shorter anecdotes and passages of reflection. The prose makes the sequence of events and shifts between speakers easier to follow while drawing attention to the ethical and mystical ideas developed through the stories. Explanations of imagery and terms help readers understand how ordinary encounters become occasions for reflection on longing, judgement, pride and spiritual change. The arrangement allows readers to follow the unfolding argument of each book or to return to a particular story and read it alongside Rūmī's verse.