Rumi
Sufi scholar and poet (1207–1273) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (Persian: جلالالدین محمّد رومی), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran.[9][10]
Mawlānā, Mevlânâ Rumi | |
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رومی | |
Title | Jalaluddin, jalāl al-Din,[1] Mevlana, Mawlana |
Personal | |
Born | 30 September 1207 |
Died | 17 December 1273 (aged 66) |
Resting place | Tomb of Mevlana Rumi, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Khwarezmian Empire, then Sultanate of Rum |
Home town | Wakhsh (present-day Tajikistan) or Balkh present-day Afghanistan |
Spouse | Gevher Khatun, Karra Khatun |
Children | Sultan Valad, Ala al-din Chelebi, Amir Alim Chelebi, Malike Khatun. |
Parents |
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Era | Islamic Golden Age (7th Islamic century) |
Denomination | Sunni[5] |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Creed | Maturidi[6][7] |
Main interest(s) | Sufi poetry, Hanafi jurisprudence, Maturidi theology |
Notable idea(s) | Sufi whirling, Muraqaba |
Notable work(s) | Mathnawī-ī ma'nawī, Dīwān-ī Shams-ī Tabrīzī, Fīhi mā fīhi |
Tariqa | Mevlevi |
Known for | Mathnawi, Rumi Music |
Pen name | Rumi |
Order | Sufi |
Philosophy | Sufism, Mysticism |
Muslim leader | |
Predecessor | Shams-i Tabrizi and Baha-ud-din Zakariya |
Successor | Husam al-Din Chalabi, Sultan Valad |
Influenced by | |
Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad محمد |
Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad بن محمد بن الحسين بن أحمد |
Epithet (Laqab) | Jalāl ad-Dīn جلالالدین |
Toponymic (Nisba) | ar-Rūmī الرومي al-Khaṭībī الخطيبي al-Balkhī البلخي al-Bakrī البكري |
Rumi's works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish,[11] Arabic[12] and Greek[13][14][15] in his verse. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language.[16][17] Rumi's influence has transcended national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Afghans, Tajiks, Turks, Kurds, Greeks, Central Asian Muslims, as well as Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries.[18][19] His poetry influenced not only Persian literature, but also the literary traditions of the Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Pashto, Kurdish, Urdu, and Bengali languages.[18][20][21]
Rumi's works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world.[22][23] His poems have subsequently been translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet",[24] is very popular in Turkey, Azerbaijan and South Asia,[25] and has become the "best selling poet" in the United States.[26][27]