Rumi
Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, Mawlānā/Mevlânâ, Mevlevî/Mawlawī, and more popularly simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia 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...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 September 1207
To Love is to reach God.
There is no room for hypocrisy. Why use bitter soup for healing when sweet water is everywhere?
The heart is your student, for love is the only way we learn.
Are you searching for the river of your soul? Then come out of your prison. Leave the stream and join the river that flows into the ocean.
Come into my eyes, and look at me through them, for I have chosen a home far beyond what eyes can see.
Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.
To wander in the fields of flowers, pull the thorns from your heart.
When I say the word You, I mean a hundred universes.
Show me anger and I will show you 'Hurt'. Show me hurt and I will show you 'Love'. Peel the layers if you care!
Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.
Listen to the unstruck sounds, and what sifts through that music.
What is the Heart? A flower opening...
Open your Eyes, for this World is only a Dream.
Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.