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Rumi's Sun: The Teachings of Shams of Tabriz
Title | Rumi's Sun: The Teachings of Shams of Tabriz |
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Date | 2024-10-15 09:11:00 |
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Desciption
Rumi's son wrote, "After meeting Shams, my father danced all day and sang all night. He had been a scholar - he became a poet. He had been an ascetic - he became drunk with Love." Shams of Tabriz was indeed Rumi's "Sun," the one who set him alight with Divine Love. With the opening of that friendship, a new paradigm appeared and Love flowed out into this world in such abundance that even after almost 800 years the ripples are still widening to encompass the whole of this world. Read more
Review
This is one of the best Rumi collections out there- many footnotes, Arabic/Persian original words, and references are present throughout this book. Rumi's devotion to Islam is present. This seems to be one of the more authentic translations of Rumi.