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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.

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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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I died as a mineral and became a plant,I died as a plant and rose to animal,
I died as an animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?

Dwell in the place where your companions are spiritual heroes,
So that they may wash the foul soot from your [heart]
Don't think about their faults, for they
Will know about it before you think.

When you see anyone complaining
of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper,
know that the complainant is bad-tempered,
forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person,
because he alone is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing
towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured.

Many have been led astray by the Qur'an:
by clinging to that rope many have fallen into the well.
There is no fault in the rope, O perverse man,
for it was you who had no desire to reach the top.

The fire of Love cooks me
Every night it drags me to the Tavern.
It seats me with the People of the Tavern
So that no one except the People of the Tavern will know me.

I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world;
But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world.
If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me;
For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.

Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation?
What do you know of Love except the name?
Love has a hundred forms of pride and disdain,
and is gained by a hundred means of persuasion.
Since Love is loyal, it purchases one who is loyal:
it has no interest in a disloyal companion.
The human being resembles a tree; its root is a covenant with God:
that root must be cherished with all one's might.

Study me as much as you like, you will not know me,
for I differ in a hundred ways from what you see me to be.
Put yourself behind my eyes and see me as I see myself,
for I have chosen to dwell in a place you cannot see.

Don’t grieve.
Anything you lose comes round in another form.
The child weaned from mother’s milk
Now drinks wine and honey mixed.
God’s joys move from unmarked box to unmarked box,
from cell to cell.
As rainwater,
down into flowerbed
And roses, up from ground.

Love is the path and road of our Prophet
We were born from Love and Love was our mother.
O you who are our mother, you are hidden within veils,
Concealed from our disbelieving natures

The eye of outward sense is as the palm of a hand,
The whole of the object is not grasped in the palm.
The sea itself is one thing, the foam another;
Neglect the foam, and regard the sea with your eyes.

This is what is signified by the words Anā l-Ḥaqq, "I am God." People imagine that it is a presumptuous claim, whereas it is really a presumptuous claim to say Ana 'l-'abd, "I am the slave of God"; and Anā l-Ḥaqq, "I am God" is an expression of great humility. The man who says Ana 'l-'abd, "I am the servant of God" affirms two existences, his own and God's, but he that says Anā l-Ḥaqq, "I am God" has made himself non-existent and has given himself up and says "I am God", that is, "I am naught, He is all; there is no being but God's." This is the extreme of humility and self-abasement.

The very One who makes your heart heavy and sorrowful is the same One who makes you flourish, fresh, and rose-colored. The very One who moves you to pray is the same One who grants the reward of prayer.

I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar
With angels blest; but even from angelhood
I must pass on: all except God doth perish.
When I have sacrificed my angel-soul,
I shall become what no mind e'er conceived.
Oh, let me not exist! for Non-existence
Proclaims in organ tones, 'To Him we shall return.'

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

Attributed

Love is the water of life; receive it in thy heart and soul.

Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Misattributed Helen Schucman A Course in Miracles (1976)

Woman is a ray of God, not a mere mistress,
The Creator’s self as it were, not a mere creature!

Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

The life of this world is a truce between opposites.

Attributed A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

Our caravan leader is the pride of the world, Mustafa [Muhammad].

Attributed

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rumi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.