Sufism inspired writings of Persian poet and mystic Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi; these writings express the longing of the soul for union with the divine.
Jal膩l ad-D墨n Muhammad R奴m墨 - also known as Jal膩l ad-D墨n Muhammad Balkh墨, Mevl芒n芒/Mawl膩n膩 (賲賵賱丕賳丕, "our master"), Mevlev卯/Mawlaw墨 (賲賵賱賵蹖, "my master") and more popularly simply as Rumi - was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic who lived in Konya, a city of Ottoman Empire (Today's Turkey). His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages, and he has been described as the most popular poet and the best-selling poet in the United States.
His poetry has influenced Persian literature, but also Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Azerbaijani, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu, as well as the literature of some other Turkic, Iranian, and Indo-Aryan languages including Chagatai, Pashto, and Bengali.
Due to quarrels between different dynasties in Khor膩峁D乶, opposition to the Khwarizmid Shahs who were considered devious by his father, Bah膩 ud-D墨n W膩lad or fear of the impending Mongol cataclysm, his father decided to migrate westwards, eventually settling in the Anatolian city Konya, where he lived most of his life, composed one of the crowning glories of Persian literature, and profoundly affected the culture of the area.
When his father died, Rumi, aged 25, inherited his position as the head of an Islamic school. One of Baha' ud-Din's students, Sayyed Burhan ud-Din Muhaqqiq Termazi, continued to train Rumi in the Shariah as well as the Tariqa, especially that of Rumi's father. For nine years, Rumi practised Sufism as a disciple of Burhan ud-Din until the latter died in 1240 or 1241. Rumi's public life then began: he became an Islamic Jurist, issuing fatwas and giving sermons in the mosques of Konya. He also served as a Molvi (Islamic teacher) and taught his adherents in the madrassa. During this period, Rumi also travelled to Damascus and is said to have spent four years there.
It was his meeting with the dervish Shams-e Tabrizi on 15 November 1244 that completely changed his life. From an accomplished teacher and jurist, Rumi was transformed into an ascetic.
On the night of 5 December 1248, as Rumi and Shams were talking, Shams was called to the back door. He went out, never to be seen again. Rumi's love for, and his bereavement at the death of, Shams found their expression in an outpouring of lyric poems, Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi. He himself went out searching for Shams and journeyed again to Damascus.
Rumi found another companion in Sala岣� ud-Din-e Zarkub, a goldsmith. After Salah ud-Din's death, Rumi's scribe and favourite student, Hussam-e Chalabi, assumed the role of Rumi's companion. Hussam implored Rumi to write more. Rumi spent the next 12 years of his life in Anatolia dictating the six volumes of this masterwork, the Masnavi, to Hussam.
In December 1273, Rumi fell ill and died on the 17th of December in Konya.
丿蹖賵丕賳 賰賱蹖丕鬲 卮賲爻 鬲亘乇蹖夭蹖貙 賲胤丕亘賯 賳爻禺賴 賮乇賵夭丕賳賮乇 亘丕 賲賯丿賲賴 噩賱丕賱 丕賱丿蹖賳 賴賲丕蹖蹖 = D墨v膩n-e 艩ams-e Tabr墨z墨 = The Works of 艩ams Tabr墨z墨, Rumi
D墨v膩n-e Kab墨r or D墨v膩n-e 艩ams-e Tabr墨z墨 (The Works of 艩ams Tabr墨z墨) or D墨v膩n-e 艩ams is one of Mawl膩n膩 Jal膩l-ad-D墨n Muhammad Balkh墨's masterpieces.
A collection of lyric poems that contains more than 40,000 verses, it is written in the New Persian language and is considered one of the greatest works of Persian literature.
Diwan-i Shams-i Tabr墨z墨 = The Works of Shams of Tabriz, Rumi One of the the greatest works of Persian Literature, a Collection of Lyric Poems that contains more than 40,000 verses, My Belief is it's a literary Masterpiece. Shams-i-Tabr墨z墨 or Shams al-Din Mohammad (1185鈥�1248) was a Persian Muslim, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewl膩n膩 Jal膩l ad-D墨n Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi's poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabr墨z墨 (The Works of Shams of Tabriz). Tradition holds that Shams taught Rumi in seclusion in Konya (Konya is a major city in south-western edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau and is the seventh-most-populous city in Turkey with a metropolitan population of over 2.1 million.) for a period of forty days, before fleeing for Damascus.
Brilliant!if you want to know how "rhythm" can be illustrated in persian poetry there is no other books like this one!this is amazing and very energetic to those who first get the book and start reading it and also for those who had read before as well! this book is full of Ethical and Romantic expressions of great Rumi about his Ethical teacher and his domestic partner some how "Shams Tabrizi"- a man from north-western of Iran! this is one of controversial relationships between a pupil who left mosques,islamic costumes and step by step become closer to the his new founded master "Shams"! this relationship nowadays seems too Homosexual but this is not something accepted by historians may be because of Iranian conservative culture...who knows?! i'm not gonna discuss it more than this...there are lots of references in Persian and English poetry as well on this still-unknown problematic relationship but there is sth i can easily stand beside:the book will change your mind of poetry and take you to the new landscapes of beauty!
Molavi is one of the best characters in my life that I know. His poem always help me to find something new about life and the way that I should find. It was always amazing for me. I live with this book!
Thoughts: It fills me with immense hope that the human experience can be captured in text and all these unspeakable experiences can be, at least roughly, translated into something that can be read even centuries later. Jalal Ad-din Rumi masterfully presents us the intricacies of life and bestows us with feeling. For this I can only be grateful.
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I read this book out loud to myself and it made me realize the beauty of what lays inside every single thing and in the end, how everything is one and the words we find are all god and god is within every word one speaks. Encountering the Islam, everything starts to radiate and I cannot help but be fascinated and full of love for the people who brought religion to earth, or rather who found god within themselves who himself created humans outside of him to make himself seen. So much love.
The German introduction blew my mind, the beauty of the Persian language leaked through and gave the sound of my mother tongue a complete different tone. Though I am sure the translations don鈥檛 get close to Rumi鈥檚 tongue, I feel like it is him who I read and who I hear. Very well done translation and and good introducing voice to Rumi鈥檚 philosophy.
I am happy I got this book from my boyfriend for Christmas.