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Rumi's works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, [12] Arabic [13] and Greek [14] [15] [16] in his verse. His Masnavi ( Mathnawi ), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language.
- Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness. Rumi. You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop. I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
- In the blackest of your moments, wait with no fear. Rumi. By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself. I should be suspicious of what I want.
- Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there. Rumi. What you seek is seeking you. Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation.
- If all you can do is crawl, start crawling. Rumi. Looking up gives light, although at first it makes you dizzy. Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
Jun 19, 2024 · Rūmī (born c. September 30, 1207, Balkh [now in Afghanistan]—died December 17, 1273, Konya [now in Turkey]) was the greatest Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language, famous for his lyrics and for his didactic epic Mas̄navī-yi Maʿnavī (“Spiritual Couplets”), which widely influenced mystical thought and literature throughout the ...
- Annemarie Schimmel
- Rūmī was a great Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language, famous for his lyrics and for his didactic epic Mas̄navī-yi Maʿnavī (“Spiritual Coup...
- According to Rūmī’s philosophy, life should be a journey to union with the one true God, which is achieved by practicing love—by disregarding onese...
- Rūmī’s experience of love, longing, and loss made him turn to poetry. He wrote mystical love songs to his mystic teacher Shams al-Dīn, the Prophet...
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Rumi was a medieval mystic and poet who wrote in Persian and other languages. He explored themes of love, God, and human nature with striking imagery and wisdom. Read some of his finest poems here, with links to full texts.
- “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ― Rumi.
- “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing. and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass. the world is too full to talk about.”
- “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ― Rumi.
- “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” ― Rumi.
Learn about the life and works of the Sufi mystic and poet Jalal al-Din Rumi, who wrote the Persian Koran and the whirling dervish. Explore his themes of direct communion with God, union, and optimism in his poetry.
Learn about the life and works of Rumi, a Persian poet and mystic who wrote more than forty thousand lyric verses and the six-volume Masnavi. Explore his poems, texts, and translations on love, spirituality, and the human condition.
