Jalal rumi biography

He also wrote his poetry in Persian and his works are widely read in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, where the language is spoken. He lived most of his life and produced his works under the Seljuk Empire. Rumi's importance transcends national and ethnic borders. He has had a significant influence on both Persian and Turkish literature throughout the centuries.

Under the guidance of Shams, Rumi lost interest in the more cerebral academic studies and became enamoured of the way of the mystic — the path of the heart. Rumi became an ascetic and devoted to the unorthodox spiritual path. The sky was lit by the splendor of the moon So powerful I fell to the ground Your love has made me sure I am ready to forsake this worldly life and surrender to the magnificence of your Being.

In particular, Rumi captured the divine romance of lover and beloved — the perpetual yearning for the Divine. The flowers are blooming with the exultation of your Spirit. By Allah! I long to escape the prison of my ego and lose myself in the mountains and the desert. Rumi also playfully hinted at the limitations of conventional morality and religion — hinting the way of the heart transcended religious doctrines.

Above all, he advocated the importance of love. Rumi passionately believed in the capacity of poetry, music and dance as a path to union with God. In , Rumi met Shams Tabriz, who had taken a vow of poverty. They were close friends for about four years. In December of , Shams again disappeared; it is believed that he was either driven away or killed.

Rumi left the madrasah in search of his friend, traveling to Damascus and elsewhere. Eventually, Rumi made peace with his loss, returning to his home. He shows us our glory. BBC News. Retrieved 30 September ISSN X. Sa'id Nafisi ed. Risala-yi Ahwal-i Mawlana. Selected Poems. Penguin Books. One World Publication Limited. It is precisely in this world that the sun of his spiritual legacy has shone most brilliantly during the past seven centuries.

One World Publications, Oxford, , S. Peacock, Anatolian Studies, Vol. This probably stems from willful confusion over his paternal great grandmother, who was the daughter of Abu Bakr of Sarakhs, a noted jurist d. The most complete genealogy offered for family stretches back only six or seven generations and cannot reach to Abu Bakr, the companion and first caliph of the Prophet, who died two years after the Prophet, in C.

Fundamentals Of Rumis Thought. Tughra Books. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by P. Of the four canonical schools of Sunni Islam, the family adhered to the relatively liberal Hanafi fiqh. Hosayn-e Khatibi enjoyed such renown in his youth—so says Aflaki with characteristic exaggeration—that Razi al-Din Nayshapuri and other famous scholars came to study with him Af 9; for the legend about Baha al-Din, see below, "The Mythical Baha al-Din".

Prior to that the family could supposedly trace its roots back to Isfahan. We do not learn the name of Baha al-Din's mother in the sources, only that he referred to her as "Mama" Mami , and that she lived to the s. PM Press. Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi. Retrieved 24 January Mawlana and Shams". Translations by Coleman Barks, p. Shambhala Publications.

SUNY Press. Rumi, Jalal al-Din. The Masnavi, Book One. Oxford University Press Kindle Edition. Archived from the original on 2 February Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. JSTOR ProQuest Encyclopaedia Iranica. Nicholson's British translation. Rumi's Masnavi holds an exalted status in the rich canon of Persian Sufi literature as the greatest mystical poem ever written.

It is even referred to commonly as 'the Koran in Persian'. Towards the end of his life he presented the fruit of his experience of Sufism in the form of the Masnavi, which has been judged by many commentators, both within the Sufi tradition and outside it, to be the greatest mystical poem ever written. Some manuscripts give as many as 32,!

January Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. In addition, there are ghazals which are all Arabic except for the final line; many have one or two lines in Arabic within the body of the poem; some have as many as 9—13 consecutive lines in Arabic, with Persian verses preceding and following; some have alternating lines in Persian, then Arabic; some have the first half of the verse in Persian, the second half in Arabic.

XXIV , pp. Golpinarli GM — indicates according to Vladimir Mir Mirughli, the Greek used in some of Rumi's macaronic poems reflects the demotic Greek of the inhabitants of Anatolia. Golpinarli then argues that Rumi knew classical Persian and Arabic with precision, but typically composes poems in a more popular or colloquial Persian and Arabic. Once again, the style of Rumi as lecturer or orator in these discourses does not reflect an audience of great intellectual pretensions, but rather middle-class men and women, along with number of statesmen and rulers" Lewis, Rumi: Past and Present, East and West , Oneworld Publications, , p.

Western and Eastern perspectives on religion and religiosity. Waxmann Verlag, Lee, p. Rumi and Islam. SkyLight Paths. Rumi and Self Discovery. Dar al Masnavi. Mawlana Rumi Review. Archived from the original on 7 May Indian Diplomacy. Archived from the original on 11 December The Overlook Press. Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies.

Archived from the original on 27 August Archived from the original on 6 May Retrieved 19 May Archived from the original on 12 January The Rumi Card Book. Tuttle Publishing. Archived from the original on 25 March Archived from the original on 4 September Retrieved 20 April Archived from the original on 17 March Archived from the original on 29 June Retrieved 25 June The prominent Persian language poet, thinker and spiritual master, Mevlana Celaleddin Belhi-Rumi was born in in Balkh, presently Afghanistan.

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