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1207–1273 Afghanistan
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general.
Afghanistan Educators Philosophers Poets Religious leaders Also known as: Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Jalaludin Rumi, Rumi, Jalal al-Din Muhammad, Molana, Mowlana
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Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune:
The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.
The branch might seem like the fruit's origin:
If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who is everything.
God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.
If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it.
Love is the ark appointed for the righteous,
Whoever enters the Way without a guide will take a hundred years to travel a two-day journey.
That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity.
Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them.
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?
Were there no men of vision, all who are blind would be dead.
Anyone in whom the troublemaking self has died, sun and cloud obey. As his heart is afire with knowledge and love, the sun cannot burn him.
Whoever undertakes a profession without a master becomes the laughingstock of city and town.
If you are wholly perplexed and in straits, have patience, for patience is the key to joy.
If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself.
He whose intellect overcomes his desire is higher than the angels; he whose desire overcomes his intellect is less than an animal.
Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.
If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.
I am naught, He is all; there is no being but God's.
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