19 Nov2019
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Rumi was a 13th Century poet and was regarded as one of the greatest spiritual masters and poetical intellects.
“Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world, the forms may change yet the essence remains the same.
Every wonderful sight will vanish, every sweet word will fade but do not be disheartened, the source they come from is eternal, growing, branching out, giving new life and new joy.
Why do you weep? The source is within you and this whole cosmos is springing up from it.”
JALALUDDIN RUMI, 12th-century Persian mystic and poet
Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi was a 13th century Persian poet, an Islamic dervish and a Sufi mystic. He is regarded as one of the greatest spiritual masters and poetical intellects. Born in 1207 AD, he belonged to a family of learned theologians. He made use of everyday life’s circumstances to describe the spiritual world. Rumi’s poems have acquired immense popularity, especially among the Persian speakers of Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan. Numerous poems written by the great poet have been translated to different languages.