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The rubais of Rumi: insane with love, translations and commentary by Nevit Oguz Ergin and Will Johnson, Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59477-183-5. The Masnavi: Book Two, translated by Jawid Mojaddedi, Oxford World's Classics Series, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-921259-0. The first ever verse translation ...
The six books of the Masnavi can be divided into three groups of two because each pair is linked by a common theme: [12] Books 1 and 2: they "are principally concerned with the nafs, the lower carnal self, and its self-deception and evil tendencies". Books 3 and 4: these books share the principal themes of Reason and Knowledge.
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 ...
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]
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 proverb, “If you commit fornication, commit it with a free woman, and if you steal, steal a pearl” The Grammarian and the Boatman; The Spiritual Guide; The Prophet's injunction to ‘Alí; The man of Qazwín who wanted to have a lion tattooed on his shoulder; The wolf and the fox who went to hunt with the Lion .
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.
He studied under Maulana Hameed-Ullah, learning the Urdu, Arabic and Persian languages and Fiqh, Hadith, and Tafseer for Islamic studies. [4] Gousi Shah also learned the art of Arabic calligraphy. He was an interpreter of Wahdat-ul-Wujood (the concept of unity of existence in Sufism) and the Masnavi of Maulana Rumi. [citation needed]