Rumi (1207-1273)

A Rumi (1207-1273) is a 13th-century Persian poet that is a Sufi mystic that is a Islamic scholar that is a Hanafi faqih that is a Maturidi theologian.

• AKA: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī, Mevlânâ, Mawlānā, Mevlevî, Mawlawī.
• Context:
  • It can (typically) compose Persian Poetry exploring spiritual themes and mystical love.
  • It can (typically) integrate Sufi Philosophy with poetic expression.
  • It can (typically) influence Islamic Mysticism through didactic verse.
  • It can (typically) promote spiritual unity and divine love in literary works.
  • It can (typically) draw from Quranic Teachings and Prophetic Traditions in poetic compositions.
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  • It can (often) collaborate with Spiritual Mentors like Shams Tabrizi.
  • It can (often) participate in Sufi Practices including sama (spiritual listening).
  • It can (often) teach Islamic Jurisprudence and theology.
  • It can (often) found Spiritual Orders such as the Mevlevi Order.
  • It can (often) correspond with Contemporary Scholars on mystical topics.
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  • It can range from being a Young Rumi (1207-1244) to being a Mature Rumi (1244-1273), depending on its life stage.
  • It can range from being a Scholarly Rumi to being a Mystical Rumi, depending on its professional focus.
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  • It can be born in Balkh, Greater Khorasan (present-day Afghanistan).
  • It can be associated with Konya, Anatolia (present-day Turkey), where it spent much of its adult life.
  • It can be influenced by Attar of Nishapur and Sanai.
  • It can influence Later Poets such as Muhammad Iqbal and modern Persian literature.
  • It can be translated into numerous languages, becoming one of the best-selling poets in the United States.
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• Example(s):
  • Rumi Periods, such as:
    • Early Rumi Periods (1207-1244), characterized by scholarly pursuits and early poetry.
      • Childhood Rumi (1207-1220s) in Balkh, receiving religious education.
      • Scholar Rumi (1230s-1244) in Konya, teaching Islamic sciences.
    • Transformative Rumi Periods (1244-1248), characterized by spiritual awakening after meeting Shams Tabrizi.
      • Shams-Influenced Rumi (1244-1247) composing ghazals in Divan-e Shams.
      • Post-Shams Rumi (1247-1248) dealing with spiritual separation.
    • Later Rumi Periods (1248-1273), characterized by major poetic works and teaching.
      • Masnavi Composer Rumi (1250s-1273) creating the Masnavi epic.
      • Mevlevi Founder Rumi (1260s-1273) establishing the whirling dervish tradition.
  • Rumi Works, such as:
    • Poetry Collections, such as:
      • Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi (c. 1240s-1270s) containing lyric poems dedicated to Shams Tabrizi.
      • Masnavi-ye Ma'navi (1258-1273) as a spiritual epic poem in six books.
    • Prose Works, such as:
      • Fihi Ma Fihi (c. 1260s) as discourse collection on Sufi teachings.
      • Majalis-e Saba (c. 1270s) as sermon collection.
  • Rumi Quotes, such as:
    • "The wound is the place where the light enters you." (Original Persian Quote: "Zakhm-e-del raftaar-e-roshanee ast.").
    • "The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along." (Original Persian Quote: "Dar haala ke man az kahani-e-eshq-e-avaaz-e-peyk-e-peykar-am, man az to javoon-boodam, na-ma'loom bood ke man-o-to dar hamaan jahaan-am.").
    • "Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." (Original Persian Quote: "Goftaaro bedeh, na aavaaz bedeh. Baraaye tabdil-e-baagh-haa barish ast, na garma.").
    • "You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?".
    • "Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment." (Original Persian Quote: "Hikmat-et kharid va halaal kon.").
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Dante Alighieri, which is an Italian poet focused on Christian theology rather than Sufi mysticism.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which is a German poet emphasizing Romanticism and Western philosophy.
  • Adam Mickiewicz, which is a Polish poet known for nationalist themes.
  • Firdawsi, which is an earlier Persian poet focused on epic history in the Shahnameh.
  • Other Historical Figures named Rumi, which follow different life paths.
• See: Sufi Mysticism, Persian Language, Persian Poem, Poem, Persian Poet, Poet, Tajikistan, Khwarezmian Empire, Mevlevi Order, Shams Tabrizi, Masnavi, Divan-e Shams.

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References

2023

• chat
  • Q: What language did Rumi write in? What are some of his more famous writings?
  • A: Rumi wrote in Persian. Some of his more famous writings include the "Masnavi," a collection of poems that explore themes of love and spiritual growth, and the "Divan-e-Shams-e Tabrizi," a collection of ghazals (lyric poems) dedicated to Rumi's spiritual mentor, Shams of Tabriz.

2023

• chat
  • Q: What are some of Rumi's more famous quotes?
  • A: Some famous quotes from Rumi include:
    • "The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."
    • "The wound is the place where the light enters you."
    • "Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."
    • "You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?"
    • "The world is a mirror to see yourself, not to see others."
    • "The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind."
    • "Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free."

2023

• chat
  • Q: What are some of Rumi's more famous quotes? Write them both in their English and in their original language?
  • A: Some famous quotes by Rumi, both in English and in the original Persian language, include:
    • "The wound is the place where the light enters you."

      "Zakhm-e-del raftaar-e-roshanee ast."

    • "The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along."

      "Dar haala ke man az kahani-e-eshq-e-avaaz-e-peyk-e-peykar-am, man az to javoon-boodam, na-ma'loom bood ke man-o-to dar hamaan jahaan-am."

    • "Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."

      "Goftaaro bedeh, na aavaaz bedeh. Baraaye tabdil-e-baagh-haa barish ast, na garma."

    • "Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment."

      "Hikmat-et kharid va halaal kon."

    • "The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth."

      "Haqeeqat dar dast-e-Khodaa-ye-shafaqat ast. Zamin-shod va par-gasht. Har kas-e-yek-e-ashkhas az an raa gereft va dar an-o-nazar girift va andis-o-ke andis-e-haqeeqat-o-boud."

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi Retrieved:2023-1-28.
  • Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī, Mevlânâ/Mawlānā and Mevlevî/Mawlawī, but more popularly known simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, as well as Muslims of the Indian subcontinent have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States. Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic and Greek in his verse. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language. His works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world. Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States and South Asia. His poetry has influenced not only Persian literature, but also the literary traditions of the Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto languages.

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry Retrieved:2014-9-10.
  • ... Similarly figures of speech such as metaphor, simile and metonymy create a resonance between otherwise disparate images — a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived. Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm. Some poetry types are specific to particular cultures and genres and respond to characteristics of the language in which the poet writes. Readers accustomed to identifying poetry with Dante, Goethe, Mickiewicz and Rumi may think of it as written in lines based on rhyme and regular meter; there are, however, traditions, such as Biblical poetry, that use other means to create rhythm and euphony. Much modern poetry reflects a critique of poetic tradition, playing with and testing, among other things, the principle of euphony itself, sometimes altogether forgoing rhyme or set rhythm.

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke Retrieved:2014-9-10.
  • ... In the United States, Rilke is one of the more popular, best-selling poets — along with 13th-century Sufi mystic Rumi and 20th-century Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran.

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