Had it not been for the separation, Rumi would not have been burned by “the fire of longing that burned him” (fire is here a famous complex metaphor of Rumi) and he would not have written his poems that roamed the earth. Had it not been for the meeting, Rumi wouldn’t be the Rumi we know. Just as Tabrizi's meeting with Rumi had a great impact on his intellectual journey, their separation also had a greater impact on his literary production. He is called "the pole of Sufism," "the emperor of the madmen of love," while the masters of Sufism call him "the bird."įor Rumi, he was like the sun in whose absence the moonlight would never shine. Tabrizi was born in Tabriz, and the exact date of his birth and death is not known. It is not possible to discuss Rumi’s legacy and influence in the world without mentioning Shams Tabrizi – a dervish who was the reason for Rumi’s transformation from a jurist scholar to a mystic who knew God and whose followers have spread to all parts of the world over several centuries up through the present. And, on May 3, 1228, Rumi started a new life. The family spent many years moving between the cities of the Islamic world until it settled in the city of Qarman (central Turkey) and then the family migrated again to Konya, the capital of the Seljuk state, at the invitation of the Seljuk Sultan Aladdin Kayqubad I. Rumi emigrated with his family from Balkh to Nishapur and then from there to Baghdad. His father is Baha al-Din Walad, a great jurist and mystic nicknamed the "Sultan of the Scholars." Rumi was born in the city of Balkh (currently in northern Afghanistan) on Sept. Rumi is known in Iran as Jalaladdin Muhammad Balkhi (relating to the place of his birth), while in Turkey he is called Mevlana Jalaladdin Rumi (relating to the country of the Romans or Anatolia, where he lived and became famous). Why is it so important? Who is Rumi? What is the secret behind his great influence on Western culture, apart from other great Sufis? Rumi’s background The masterpiece is interpreted as one of the world's greatest poems, thanks to its depth of thought and inventiveness of images. With these words, Mevlana Jalaladdin Rumi begins his famous collection of "Masnavi" – one of the most important, influential and widespread works of Sufi literature in the world. I want a bosom torn by severance, that I may unfold the pain of love-desire.Įveryone who is left far from his source wishes back the time when he was united with it.” Saying, “Ever since I was parted from the reed-bed, my lament has caused man and woman to moan. “Listen to the reed how it tells a tale, complaining of separations–
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