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The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, by William Chittick, Albany: SUNY Press, 1983. The Mysteries of the Universe and Rumi's Discoveries on the Majestic Path of Love, by Majid M. Naini, Universal Vision & Research, 2002, ISBN 978-0-9714600-0-3 www.naini.net; The Mesnevi of Mevlâna Jelālu'd-dīn er-Rūmī.
While following the long tradition of Sufi poetry as well as the traditional metrical conventions of ghazals, the poems in the Divan showcase Rumi’s unique, trance-like poetic style. [3] Written in the aftermath of the disappearance of Rumi’s beloved spiritual teacher, Shams-i Tabrizi , the Divan is dedicated to Shams and contains many ...
For his part, Rumi, in his writings, developed the concept of love as a direct manifestation of the will of God, in part as a calculated response to objections coming from the orthodox wing of Islam: "Not a single lover would seek union if the beloved were not seeking it". [7] The concepts of unity and oneness of mankind also appear in Rumi's ...
Hiatus – Rumi occasionally questions his own verses and writes that he cannot say more because the reader would not be capable of understanding. The Masnavi has no framed plot and includes a variety of scenes, from popular stories and scenes of the local bazaar to fables and tales from Rumi's time. It also includes quotations from the Qur'an ...
The Forty Rules of Love is a novel written by the Turkish author Elif Shafak, [1] [2] [3] Her interest in writing this book was influenced by the degree she received in Gender and Women’s Studies. [4] The book was published in March 2009. [5] It is about the Persian mystic poet Maulana Jalal-Ud-Din, known as Rumi and his companion Shams Tabrizi.
Shams-i Tabrīzī (Persian: شمس تبریزی) or Shams al-Din Mohammad (1185–1248) was a Persian [1] Shafi'ite [1] poet, [2] who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi's poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī.
The meaning of Prudence; The Vow made by the Dogs every winter; The Divine Providence manifested in the creation of Hell; Kings compared to the Báb-i Saghír at Jerusalem; The Súfí who fell into ecstasy on seeing an empty food-wallet; Jacob's love for Joseph; The Amir and the Slave who took delight in the ritual Prayer; The Faith of the ...
William Clark Chittick (born June 29, 1943) is an American philosopher, writer, translator, and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts. He is best known for his work on Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi, and has written extensively on the school of Ibn 'Arabi, Islamic philosophy, and Islamic cosmology.