Rumi

RumiJalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi, popularly known as Rumi, was a Persian poet and Sufi master who belonged to the 13th century. Born in the year 1207 in modern-day Afghanistan, Rumi was the greatest Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language, famous for his lyrics and for his didactic epic Mas̄navī-yi Maʿnavī, who enjoys a massive fan following in US and across the globe. Rumi’s influence transcends national borders and his poems have widely translated into many of the world’s language. Rumi moved to Konya, modern-day Turkey where his life was filled with hardships and turmoil. Despite challenging times, Rumi wrote extensively about topics like self-transformation, love for God, and the truth that lies beyond life. The experience of love, longing, and loss turned Rūmī into a poet.The poems of Rumi contain deep, transcendent wisdom that, if understood and applied, have the power to utterly transform our lives for the better. Deeply steeped in Sufism- his works, especially the Masnavi and Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi, trace the souls of human beings in their longing to unite, be free, and live in peace. From existential angst to love, sex and loneliness, from belonging at physical and spiritual levels to morality and religion, contradictory human emotions and impulses – no stone is left unturned in Rumi’s poetry