Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī (Persian: جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Balkhī (جلالالدین محمد بلخى), Mevlânâ/Mowlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran.[1]
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Rumi's major works are the Diwan-i Shams-I Tabrizi (40,000 versus) and the Mathnawi (25,000 versus)
"Most poems in the Diwan represent particular spiritual states or experiences, such as union with God or separation after Union..."[2]
'...the Mathnawi is relatively sober. It represents a reasoned and measured attempt to explain the various dimensions of spiritual life and practice to disciplines intent upon following the Way. More generally, it is aimed at anyone who has time to sit down and ponder the meaning of life and existence. "[3]
- ↑ Verbatim crib from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi
- ↑ Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983.
- ↑ Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983.
