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]
Notes
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]
Distinction between the "Science of the Body" and the "Science of Religion"
Every science acquired by study and effort in this world is the "science of bodies." But the science acquired after death is the "science of religions." Knowing the science of "I am God" is the science of bodies, but becoming "I am God" is the science of religions. 2 To see the light of a lamp or a fire is the science of bodies, but to be consumed by the fire of the light or the lamp is the science of religions. Whatever is vision is the science of religions, whatever is knowledge is the science of bodies. (F 228/235)[4]
Quotes
"The spirit says to it, "Oh dunghill! Who are you? You have lived for a day or two from my radiance." (M I 3267-68)
"Experience shows that the spirit is nothing but awareness. Whoever has greater awareness has a greater spirit." Rumi. [5]
Source Abbreviations
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A. J. Arberry, Mystical Poems of Rumi, First Selection, Poems 1-200. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968. | |||||||
| AA. | A. J. Arberry et al., Mystical Poems of Rumi, Second Selection, Poems 201-400. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1979. | |||||||
| D. | (Diwan-i Shams-i Tabriz) B. Furuzanfar ed., Kulliyyat-i Shams ya diwan-i kabir, 10 vols. Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1336-46/1957-67. Italicized numerals refer to the number of the ghazal, while numerals in Roman type refer to the number of the line; when a ghazal has been translated in its entirety, numbers of lines are not mentioned. | |||||||
| F. | Fihi ma fihi, ed. B. Furuzanfar, Tehran: Amir Kabir, 1348/1969; A. J. Arberry (trans.), Discourses of Rumi London: John Murray, 1961. | |||||||
| M. | The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi ed. and trans. R. A. Nicholson, 8 vols. London: Luzac, 1925-1940. | |||||||
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. p. 31
