The Story of Lion, Wolf and Fox – Rumi’s Masnavi
A Lion took a Wolf and a Fox with him for a hunting mission. They successfully hunted down an...
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The Living Spirtual Chain between Rumi and Iqbal
Among all Persian Masnavis, Rumi’s Masnavi stands in a league of its own for its literary elegance and popularity....
Rumi’s Brilliant Question to Shamz Tabraiz
There are several accounts of the first spiritual meeting between Mevlana Rumi and Shams Tabraiz, as seen in our earlier...
Masnavi Maanvi by Maulana Rumi: A Study
Persian (Farsi) is regarded as language of beautiful verse and rich literature. It is no surprise that Persia witnessed...
Evolution of Humans: In words of Rumi
Mevlana Rumi’s Verses on Human Evolution [Persian & Urdu text above with English Translation below] Initially Man started from non-living...
The Hierarchy of Saints: In words of Mevlana Rumi
The Hierarchy of Saints: In Words of Mevlana Rumi [Masnavi Volume II, Verse 815] Once Rasoolallah’s [SAW] unmatched greatness is agreed. Hence if...
Early Life of Mevlana Rumi
Rumi was born on September 30, 1207 at Balkh, in the Iranian region of Khorasan, part of the current territory...
Love cannot be explained: Rumi Quote
Love cannot be explained. Love can only be experienced. Love cannot be explained, Yet love explains everything. – Mevlana Rumi...
Rumi on Imam Hassan and Hussain R.A.
Oh Murtaza of Love, My Shams Tabraiz, just look at me! I am like Hussain R.A., sitting in my own...
Listen to the Reed: Prologue of Mevlana Rumi’s Masnavi
Mevlana Rumi, like many other Sufis of Islam, was a religious scholar renowned for his knowledge of deen. But it was...
Allama Iqbal on Shakespeare, Rumi and Jesus
“To explain the deepest truths of life in the form of homely parables requires extraordinary genius. Shakespeare, Maulana Rum (Jalaluddin)...
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Quote of by Hazrat Shams Tabrez R.A. mentor of Rumi
Hazrat Shams Tabrez R.A, mentor of Mevlana Rumi When I run after what I believe I want, my days are...
Kings and Wiseman : Quote by Mevlana Rumi R.A.
Kings are only a theatre for the manifestation of God’s kingdom. The Wise are the mirrors for God’s wisdom. –...
Pilgrimage to Maulana Rumi Mausoleum (Mevlana Museum), Konya, Turkey
When speaking of Mevlana Rumi, I cannot think of a better tribute paid by Allama Iqbal in Bal-e-Jibreel (The Wings...
Water and the Dirty One: Sufi Quote by Rumi
Water and the Dirty One: Sufi Quote by Rumi The Water said to the dirty one, “Come to me.” The...
Story from Rumi’s Masnavi: “The treasure that we are looking for is hidden in our own house”
Story from Rumi’s Masnavi: “The treasure that we are looking for is hidden in our own house” (i.e. what you...
Story from Rumi’s Masnavi: Prophet’s advice to Hazrat Ali R.A.
Mevlana Rumi’s Masnavi verses 2960 narrate a story in which Prophet Muhammad share a beautiful advice to Hazrat Ali,...
Advice by ‘Love’ : Sufi Poem by Mevlana Rumi
Love is saying very softly into my ear, “To be a prey is better than to be a hunter! Be...
Rumi and Iqbal: Their mystical relationship beyond Time and Space
Today [9th November] is celebrated as Iqbal day in Pakistan, the birth date of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal. ...
Visit the House of Beloved – Poem by Mevlana Rumi
“O people who have performed Ḥajj, where are you? The Beloved is near, come here. You have visited that house...
