پله پله تا ملاقات خدا: زندگی، اندیشه و سیر و سلوک معنوی جلال‌الدین رومی الإنجليزية 1447

Step by Step Up to Union with God recounts the life story, from birth to death, of the celebrated 13th-century Persian Sufi poet, Jalal-al-Din of Balkh, commonly known in the West as Rumi, being the creator of one of the most exquisite collections of lyrical poems (designated Ghazaliyyat-e Shams) and the greatest versified presentation of Islamic mysticism. It covers the poet's childhood, his emigration at the age of 13, accompanying his father, through Khorasan and Baghdad to Anatolia, where he eventually settled in Konya for the rest of his life.
The book Step by Step to the Meeting with God recounts the life of Rumi from his birth to the end of his life. It covers the poet’s childhood and his journeys with his father from Khorasan and Baghdad to Anatolia, where he eventually settled in Konya and lived there until his death. The book is written in a narrative form; however, it is a documented narrative with a nature different from conventional fictional storytelling. It speaks of the life and thoughts of a great mystic whose profound ideas are, to some extent, familiar to us all.

Throughout the book, the focus is on Rumi’s love for God and his constant striving to reach the Divine, his ultimate beloved; only limited sections deal with his everyday activities. Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub sought to present a clear and accessible work, free from cumbersome references and scholarly apparatus. As he himself notes in the introduction, he deliberately wrote the book in a simple and concise prose in order to make it easier for a broad audience to understand and engage with it.