the name
He is: Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Hussein Bahaa al-Din al-Balkhi - in Persian: Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi -
Born in
Balkh, Afghanistan, on Rabi` al-Awwal 6, 604 AH, corresponding to September 30, 1207 CE. Some of his followers believe he was born in a small town called Wachsh in present-day Tajikistan, at that time, Balkh was part of the Khorezm Khorasan Empire.
Also known as
Mevlana: Jalal al-Din Rumi
A scholar in jurisprudence and Hanafi jurisprudence in controversy and many different sciences
Poet - known for his excellence in jurisprudence and Islamic sciences
According to others, he is the author of the well-known book Al-Masnawi (in Sufi Persian (leaving the world and classification), as Arab historians say.).
And the owner of the Mawlawi command is attributed to (Mawlana) Jalal Al-Din.
his family
Married to the ruling house of Khwarezm. His mother, Momina Khatun, daughter of the Khwarazm Shah, Aladdin Muhammad. His father was Bahauddin, A boy named Sultan Al-Arifin because of his vast knowledge and knowledge of religion, law and mysticism.
his upbringing
He moved with his father to Baghdad, at the age of four, where he was brought up in the Al-Mustansiriya School where his father resided, and it was not long after he lived there.
His father traveled extensively and stayed in some countries for long periods while he was with him.
In the year 623 AH
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A house in which knowledge rarely leaves its children without learning or being educated with a wide culture, and that noble lineage inherits the pride of the soul that makes religiosity a sublime thing, especially if it is linked to an abundance of knowledge.
He settled in Konya during the reign of the Seljuk Turks. Known for his prowess in jurisprudence and other Islamic sciences, Jalal ad-Din studied in Konya (in Turkey) in four schools. From Nishapur he traveled with his family and there was the title of Jalal al-Din, then they continued traveling to the Levant and from there to Mecca, to perform the Hajj. After that, they continued to Anatolia and settled in Kerman for seven years where his mother died. And from Nishapur he traveled with his family, whom his poet Asrar Nima presented to him, which affected the young man and was the impetus for his immersion in the world of poetry and spirituality. and mysticism, His father went to Konya, the capital of the Seljuks at the invitation of Alaeddin Keykubad (Governor of Anatolia) and they settled there where the father ran its school.
The beginning of his relationship with Shams al-Din Tabrizi
When he arrived in Konya, he communicated with the Persian poet, Shams al-Din al-Tabrizi, looking for someone to find the best company with, He found his way in Rumi, and the two friends did not separate since their meeting until the rapprochement between them remained a motive for the envy of many against him.
Then Tabrizi was assassinated, and his killer was not known, and he said that Shams al-Din al-Tabrizi heard a knock on the door and left and has not returned since then.
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Religion, any religion that needs a companion, for steadfastness in it requires the companionship of the lover, and friendship for the sake of God Almighty is one of the purest companionship that if you get it, do not spend it for nothing, so perhaps if you go you will not return. The person continues to search for a soul mate, throughout his life, perhaps someone he meets in a spouse, and it may be in the form of a friend. Unless you find him/her as if you own the world. But sperating is written on the children of Adam.
Dear reader
Those who mourn in the shadow of God Almighty - Imagine that you are walking on a sunny path with an umbrella that protects you from the heat of the sun. Imagine: He is God - He is the protector who protects you from the pain of grief, so does He leave you sad while you turn to Him sincerely - and if that happens and sadness reaches your depths, then know that it leads you to something great, that it only makes you sad to make you happy after that,
From the depth of contradictions, blessings flow.
Sadness is the impetus for creativity, as sadness reaches the depths of the soul, from which all polytheism with God Almighty turns away, and God remains without a partner for Him, generating in the soul a radiance that its owner has not experienced. Before, perhaps if joy came to him, he would not have reached with God the state he reached at the time of sorrow.
Al-Roumi mourned the death of Tabrizi deeply
Leaving behind poems, music and dances, it turned into a collection called Diwan Shams al-Din al-Tabrizi, or the Great Court, Jalal ad-Din was a Muslim who believed in the tolerant teachings of Islam, but he was able to attract people of other religions and sects because of his flexible and tolerant thinking, His method encourages endless indulgence in all beliefs and ideas, Al-Rumi moved to public works in preaching and teaching in the school, and during this period Al-Rumi went to Damascus and spent four years there, Where he studied with the elite of the greatest religious minds of the time, over the years of Jalal ad-Din's development in both. And aspects of knowledge and the aspect of gratitude.
his marriage
Rumi married Gohar Khatun, with whom he had a son
(Sultan Walad and Alaeddin Chalabi)
(His son is Amir al-Alam Shalabi, and his daughter is Malika Khatun)
When his wife died, he remarried and had children
Tolerance mixed with the water of faith, love, and mysticism, which is: a distinct style of self-discipline and transcendence in the spirit, and correcting behavior made him a person of different natures that different religions love.
his thoughts
He was inviting positive thinking
He urged goodness, charity, and the achievement of things with love
For him and his followers, all religions are good and true in their concepts, so they treat Muslims, Christians and Jews equally, like all Sufis, Rumi believed in monotheism with his love for God Almighty, and this love takes away from man, and man's task is to find him and return to him.
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God said
(Except he who comes to God with a sound heart)
Everything has a purpose and goals. Your goal in life is to get to know God and your goal is to reach heaven, right? But this verse taught us that the ultimate goal when meeting God is - Who we do not know when we reach it (getting a healthy heart) is safe from hate - envy - cheating - hate - harm ... are the transactions.
Everything is real and imagined. As for the reality of religions (their essence), the love of the Creator is the benefit of creation, and it is the same meaning of the love of God - the Most High - when you love someone, you want to do him good. If you love God, how can goodness reach Him through His servants, whether they believe in Him or not, why? Because man is the race of man anywhere: It is fixed on the love of those who do their best, if you do good to God's creation, then you believe in the essence of faith, and if you hate and hurt, then you are mired in formalities, the core is still suspended until you reach the core and look at it
Beginning of Sufism (year 642 A.H. and around)
From this point of view, the idea of circular dance developed, which reached the level of rituals, and Rumi encouraged listening to music in what Sufis call hearing while a person revolves around himself, for Mawlawi, listening to music is a spiritual journey that takes a person on an upward journey through the soul and love reaches perfection, and the journey begins with a circulation that expands love in a person, His selfishness disappeared to find the right path to perfection. When ambition returns to reality, it returns more mature and full of love, to be a servant of others without discrimination or self-interest.
After that, he left the world, classification, teaching and Sufism, worked with mathematics, listened to music, composed and sang poetry, His Sufi poetry and books, most of which were written in Persian and some in Arabic, left a wide impact on the Islamic world, especially on Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Bengali and Turkish culture, until his death, Rumi used to give sermons and lectures to his students, acquaintances, and society, and put most of his thoughts in books at the request of his students, spiritual music, according to him, helps the aspirant to know God and become attached to Him alone to the point that the aspirant dies and then returns to reality in a different way.
The way of his worshiping
Rumi used music, poetry and dhikr as a sure way to reach God Almighty
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Jalal Al-Din Al-Roumi was influenced by his upbringing in the West, to transform his idea into a product. The idea of Jalal al-Din Rumi (the journey to God and the attainment of perfection) so he turned it into a dance that filled the horizons of his time and our era, and if this indicates anything, then this indicates that beautiful ideas do not die with the death of their owner.
There are human participants perhaps spiritual, they are not material at all, including (music - sports - smile), they are universal languages, so if you sit down to enjoy music next to someone who has a language that is not yours. It is difficult for you to learn it, perhaps you and he cried at the same time, when you hear music because you were affected by its tones or rejoiced in it, so you were happy (this is a unique common human matter) The jurist scholar who combined the sciences of the world and the sciences of religion
(Jalal al-Din al-Rumi) This jurisprudence, and that is why the lovers of different religions gathered around him during his life and after his death. Such a mentality is rare in a time like this.
After Rumi's death, his son Sultan Walad transferred his father's teachings to disciple behavior, which came to be known as the Mevlevi Order. This method has spread throughout the Islamic world, and has found wide resonance in the Western world in the modern era.
his writings
Six volumes of Mathani
Usually, Rumi's works are categorized into several categories, namely, usually, Rumi's works are categorized into several categories, namely the quatrains,
The Divining Double Meanings in Museum
Seven councils and messages from the platform, and indeed after his death, his followers and his son Sultan Walad established the Sufi order, which was famous for its dervishes and their spiritual circular dance known as grace and distinctive dance.
They are poems in the Persian language, which some Sufis call the Persian lathe.
It is considered by many to be one of the most important books of Sufi poetry, and Hussein Ali Mahfouz mentions that Al-Roumi wrote it., He owns the manuscript of the precious Arabic version
(his book Masnavi)
At the request of his disciples, Rumi puts his thoughts and principles into a book he calls the Masnavi, which he weaves using chains of everyday stories, Qur'anic instructions, and wisdom. From his experience, he weaved a precious book full of deep meanings chosen with care and attention.
The Great Diwan or Diwan Shams Tabrizi
Which he wrote on the anniversary of the death of his dear friend and the source of his inspiration on the path of Sufism and poetry. He wrote more than forty verses and fifty prose poems, a system that the contemporary Iranian world has counted, bediuzzaman and Fuzanfar, he is also mentioned in the Istanbul edition.
Among the sayings of Jalal al-Din al-Rumi are the following
You saw the picture but missed the meaning.
This is how I would die in the love I have for you as pieces of clouds dissolve in the sunlight.
Raise the volume of your speech, not the volume of your voice, the rain that sows flowers, not the thunder.
You are looking for God and here is the problem, how do you search for Him while He is in you?
If your light comes from the heart, you will never be lost.
(And in 2007 in the modern era) BBC rated it
The most popular poet in the United States. Some of his works have been translated into many languages of the world and have received very wide responses
The death of Jalal al-Din al-Rumi
In the year 672 AH on December 17, 1273 AD
His coffin was carried by five bored people to a tomb next to his father's grave. He called his followers this night for wedding and they still celebrate this night until now. He was buried in the city of Konya, and his tomb has become a shrine to this day.
One last benefit
We all claim that we are close to God, and that a person who is close to people is close to God - whom people love is evidence of God's love - and you and I, my Muslim brother, do people really love you or do they do interests that bring you together with them, and if your interest in them ends, love ends.
He said The Almighty -
( إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات سيجعل لهم الرحمن ودا )
(Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds, the Merciful will make for them affection.)