Fundamentals of Rumi's thought : a Mevlevi Sufi perspective / Şefik Can ; edited and translation by Zeki Sritoprak ; foreword by M. Fethullah Gülen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Can, Şefik, 1910-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī.

Mevleviyeh.

Sufism.

Physical Description:

xxv, 334 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Somerset, N.J. : Tughra Books, [2008]

Contents:

The political and philosophical situation of the Anatolian Seljuk empire during Rumi's life

Intellectual environment of the Anatolian Seljuks during Rumi's time

Pre-thirteenth century conceptual differences within Muslim communities

The origins of Sufism before Rumi

Rumi's life

Titles

Ancestry

Parents

Rumi's marriage

Family and children

Dwelling in Konya

Rumi's works

Commentaries on the Mesnevi

Turkish translations of the Mesnevi

The death of Rumi's father

Rumi's spiritual guide after his father's death

Rumi's meeting with Shams

Rumi after the disappearance of Shams

Shaykh Salah al-Din of Konya, the zarqubi or goldsmith

Husam al-Din Chelebi

Rumi's migration to the world of eternity

Rumi's personality and views

A peculiarity about Rumi's life

Rumi's inner and outer characteristics

Asceticism and ecstasy

Tawhid (unity of God) and ittihad (union with God)

"There is nothing on earth or in the heavens that does not praise God."

Love

Belief and disbelief

Salvation

Reason

Beauty

Women

Poetry

Music and whirling ceremonies

Sorrow

Free will

Reincarnation

Rumi's influence

Rumi's influence on Turkish poets

Rumi's influence on Muslim philosophers

A comparison between Rumi and Plato

Rumi's influence in the West

Rumi's Sufi order and his approach to orders

The Mevlevi order

Rumi and the Islamic law

Epilogue

Bibliography

Author's biography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-309) and index.

ISBN:

1932099794

9781932099799

OCLC:

312123586

Publisher Number:

99952249061