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MASNAVI MANAVI: The Harper

THE SPIRITUAL COUPLETSOFMAULANA JALALU-‘D-DlN MUHAMMAD RUMI Book I.STORY VIII. The Harper In the time of the Khalifa ‘Omar there lived a harper, whose voice was as sweet as that of the angel Israfil, and who was in great request at all feasts. But he grew old, and his voice broke, and no one would employ […]

Rumi Commemoration Day

    Come, come, whoever you are. Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come… -Rumi (Also known as Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi) Mevlana Celaddiin-i Rumi is a 13th century Muslim saint and […]

Mysticism of Rumi

    “The Sufis never set out to found a new religion, a mazhab or denomination. They were content to live and work within the framework of the Muslim religion, using texts from the Quran much as Christian mystics have used the Bible to illustrate their tenets.

Masnavi Manavi: The Man who received a Pension from the Prefect of Tabriz.

    Book VIII.STORY VI. The Man who received a Pension from the Prefect of Tabriz. These reflections on the nothingness of outward form compared to spirit lead the poet to the corollary that often men whose outward forms are buried in the grave are greater benefactors to the poor and helpless than men still […]

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