RUMI Flashcards
What is the full name of Rumi?
Jalal al-din Muhammad Rumi
When was Rumi born/died?
Born: 1207
Died: 1273 (aged 66)
-> 13th century
What was Rumi main occupations?
He was a persian poet, Islamic scholar, and sufi mystic.
Rumi is one of the number one best selling poet in the USA, true or false?
True
Where was Rumi born?
Present day Afghanistan
In which language is Rumi’s work written?
Mostly in Persian, but occasionlly Turkish and Arabic.
Translated version are also widely popular accross the world
What meeting completely changed his life?
The meeting with Shams Tabrizi transformed his life. Shams influenced Rumi’s work on mystical love.
What happened to Shams Tabrizi?
How was Rumi impacted?
Shams disappeared a few times.
He then got murdered (probably by a jealous student of Rumi).
Sham’s death consumed Rumi with grief, he was lost in a ocean of love.
The horible pain of outer separation created a sense of inner union in his own heart.
What does the name Rumi means in persian?
“Rome” or “West”
What are Rumi’s 2 most major works?
When was they wrotten?
- “Spiritual Couplets” sometimes known as the Persian Koran.
- “The Collected Poems of Shams”.
–> All written after Shams’s disappearance.
What are Rumi’s 2 most major works?
When was they wrotten?
- “Spiritual Couplets” sometimes known as the Persian Koran.
- “The Collected Poems of Shams”.
–> All written after Shams’s disappearance.
Say more about the “Spiritual Couplet” (also known as the Persian Koran)
- Six volume poem.
- Contain approximately 27 000 lines.
- Regarded as the greatest mystical poem in world literature.
Say more about the “Collected Poems of Shams”?
- Named in honour of Shams, his spiritual teacher.
- Written mostly in persian, but also some arabic, turkish, and greek.
Where is Rumi resting?
His tomb is in a museum in Turkey.
How are Rumi’s translated versions?
Many says that translated versions of Rumi’s work in the West contain mistakes and mistranslations.
-> A bit of the true meaning get lost in translation.
