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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.
Shafi Imam Rumi (29 March 1951 – 30 September 1971) was a guerrilla fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was the eldest son of Jahanara Imam , who wrote about Rumi's experiences and daily life in her memoir about the war, Ekattorer Dingulee .
During Shams’ initial separation from Rumi, Rumi wrote poetic letters to Shams pleading for his return. [20] Following Shams’ second disappearance, Rumi returned to writing poetry lauding Shams and lamenting his disappearance. [4] These poems would be collected after Rumi’s death by his students as the Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi. [21]
After Salah ud-Din's death, Rumi's scribe and favourite student, Hussam-e Chalabi, assumed the role of Rumi's companion. One day, the two of them were wandering through the Meram vineyards outside Konya when Hussam described to Rumi an idea he had had: "If you were to write a book like the Ilāhīnāma of Sanai or the Mantiq ut-Tayr of 'Attar ...
A more recent translation into English, with commentary for each of the discourses, by Doug Marman (with the assistance of Jamileh Marefat, a direct descendant of Rumi) was published in 2010 under the title It Is What It Is, The Personal Discourses of Rumi (Spiritual Dialogues Project, Ridgefield, Washington), ISBN 978-0-9793260-5-9. Another ...
While there are full moons each month (approximately every 29.5 days), like the Wolf Moon in January and the Snow Moon in February, this month’s full moon happens to be the Worm Moon (which can ...
Watch the fires burning from across the river (Delay entering the field of battle until all the other players have become exhausted fighting amongst themselves.) 借刀殺人。 Jiè dāo shā rén. Kill with a borrowed knife (Attack using the strength of another) 走為上策。 Zǒu wéi shàng cè. If all else fails, retreat.
The Masnavi, or Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی, DMG: Mas̲navī-e maʻnavī), also written Mathnawi, or Mathnavi, is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, also known as Rumi. It is a series of six books of poetry that together amount to around 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines.