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Rumi's works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, [12] Arabic [13] and Greek [14] [15] [16] in his verse. His Masnavi ( Mathnawi ), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language.
Jun 19, 2024 · Rūmī (born c. September 30, 1207, Balkh [now in Afghanistan]—died December 17, 1273, Konya [now in Turkey]) was the greatest Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language, famous for his lyrics and for his didactic epic Mas̄navī-yi Maʿnavī (“Spiritual Couplets”), which widely influenced mystical thought and literature ...
- Annemarie Schimmel
- Rūmī was a great Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language, famous for his lyrics and for his didactic epic Mas̄navī-yi Maʿnavī (“Spiritual Coup...
- According to Rūmī’s philosophy, life should be a journey to union with the one true God, which is achieved by practicing love—by disregarding onese...
- Rūmī’s experience of love, longing, and loss made him turn to poetry. He wrote mystical love songs to his mystic teacher Shams al-Dīn, the Prophet...
Rumi was a medieval mystic and poet who wrote in Persian and other languages. He explored themes of love, God, and human nature with striking imagery and wisdom. Read some of his finest poems here, with links to full texts.
- “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ― Rumi.
- “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing. and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass. the world is too full to talk about.”
- “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ― Rumi.
- “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” ― Rumi.
Learn about the life and works of the Sufi mystic and poet Jalal al-Din Rumi, who wrote the Persian Koran and the whirling dervish. Explore his themes of direct communion with God, union, and optimism in his poetry.
Jan 5, 2017 · Rozina Ali on how contemporary translations of the Persian poet Rumi obscure the original poems’ Koranic references.
A statue of Jalaluddin Rumi, founder of the Order of the Whirling Dervishes, in Izmir, Turkey. The 13th century Afghan-born Jalaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) is one of the best-selling poets today in the West. His lofty, feel-good verses on the power and virtues of 'love' are embraced by many for their poignancy and inspiration.
