BiographyType: Poet, Jurist, Islamic scholar, Theologian Born: September 30, 1207, Vakhsh, Tajikistan Died: December 17, 1273, Konya, Turkey Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet"] and the "best selling poet" in the United States. |
Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost.
I wait
with silent passion
for one gesture
one glance
from you
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