Work, Life, and Poetry of Mawlana Rumi (ra)

Angel —

Behold, I tried all things, turned ev'rywhere,
But never found a friend dear as you.
I testes ev'ry fountain, ev'ry grape,
But never tasted wine as sweet as you!

By Maulana Rumi (ra)

[b]EDIT: SPLIT FROM POETRY THREAD[/b]

Forum

Amber — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 - 19:23

The heart’s house that remains unlit
by the Divine Sun’s majestic rays
Is narrow and dark like an orphan’s cell,
far from the feast of the Living King.

Such a heart lacks the Sun’s radiance:

Its space does not expand;
Its doors do not open;
There is no room to breathe.

A constricted grave is more comforting than this:
Arise from the tomb of your heart.

— Rumi, Mathnawi II 3129 ff.

Angel — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 - 15:14

"Since Allah is watching you, decorate yourself like a bride because there is no better customer than Him. Anoit your eyes with the collyrium of penitence and faith, decorate your ears with the rings of consciousness; put your hands to work on pious deeds;paint your face with powder of supplication and sincerity; put on an ankle-ring of serivce and improve your sense of discrimination between the bad and the good; put on the head dress of chastity and humilty (Maarif. P96, taken from "The essence of Rumi's Masnevi")

I loved that, its soo beautiful.

Angel — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 - 16:58

[quote="naj"]mashallah thats beautiful....amazingly before i came on to this forum i didnt know some poet called rumi exsist'd[/quote]

Maulana Rumi (ra) has such an amazin way with words, however the above i dont know if it was by him or his father, need to double check.

Medarris — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 - 21:52

there is a cheaper book of Mawlana Rumi's.

Called . . .

Ma'aarif e Mathnawi
It is by Hadrat Mawlana Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahib daamat barkaatuhum and has english poetry plus a commentary on what it means in simple and easy to understand english.

MashaALLAH very guud indeed.

Angel — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 - 23:53

[quote="irfghan"]

I never knew poetry before I knew Rumi. (How's that for a bit of poetry?... no? 🙁 )[/quote]

That is actually good, i dont like poem's but Maulana Rumi (ra) is the poet of poets!

Dave — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 - 23:56

I heard a Rumi quote about how we are like moth's and God is a fire, and it is our desire to come closer to the fire, until we are so close to the fire we are consumed by it and all that is left is the fire.

Angel — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 - 00:05

[quote="Constantine"]I heard a Rumi quote about how we are like moth's and God is a fire, and it is our desire to come closer to the fire, until we are so close to the fire we are consumed by it and all that is left is the fire.[/quote]

Yep all that is left is God and no one else hmmm....i like his poems (when i can understand them if i cant just get sis to translate them)

MuslimSister — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 - 14:34

I'm not into poetry either...In English I could never quite "get it"..I wish people would just say what they feel instead of playing about with words.

Thankfully poetry was only worth 5% of my final grade so it didnt affect my grade at all.

But I am a massive fan of Mawlana Rumi...I make an exception for his work. Its SO deep, meaningful and touches my heart....its obvious he wrote straight from his heart.

Having said that, I was reading the translated version of his mathanwi the other day...a lot of it is very hard to grasp. I blame the translators choice of English..

Dave — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 - 16:52

[quote="Aasiyah"][quote="Constantine"]lol the only thing I couldn't really get over was "yea... but don't moths go to the flame because they are stupid and get distracted?"[/quote]
i always thought that was about ATtraction as opposed to distraction? :|[/quote]

Good point...

What was Rumis relationship to Shams?

Angel — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 - 17:51

[quote="Constantine"][quote="Aasiyah"][quote="Constantine"]lol the only thing I couldn't really get over was "yea... but don't moths go to the flame because they are stupid and get distracted?"[/quote]
i always thought that was about ATtraction as opposed to distraction? :|[/quote]

Good point...

What was Rumis relationship to Shams?[/quote]

Shams Tabraiz (ra) ( i think thats how u spell his 2nd name) was his student...i am pretty sure.

Angel — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 - 18:18

[quote="irfghan"]Wasn't Shams Tabrez his teacher?[/quote]

Ummm actually it could be that, now i aint so sure anymore. i think i am getin Shams Tabraiz (ra) mixed up with one of his students, i would ask sis but she's asleep.

Beast — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 - 18:32

[quote="angel"][quote="irfghan"]Wasn't Shams Tabrez his teacher?[/quote]

Ummm actually it could be that, now i aint so sure anymore. i think i am getin Shams Tabraiz (ra) mixed up with one of his students, i would ask sis but she's asleep.[/quote]

Seems like you need the sleep too.

Amber — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 - 23:46

[quote="angel"]
Shams Tabraiz (ra) ( i think thats how u spell his 2nd name) was his student...i am pretty sure.[/quote]

[quote="irfghan"]Wasn't Shams Tabrez his teacher?[/quote]

What I have read so far is they both learned from each other, each completed the other, thus you are both right, Maulana Rum (RA) was the teacher and student and so was Hz Shams Tabrez (RA).

star — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 - 14:55

[quote="Angel"]Love purifies sweetness
Love turns copper to gold,
Love purifies
Love cures all ills.
Love turns the Shah himself into a slave.

Maulana Rumi (ra)[/quote]

beautiful

btw...is there a link where you can read some of mawlana rumis poetry?

Angel — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 - 12:13

Ok its Maulana Rumi (ra) day again, his work is amazin soon i'll have everyone hooked on to his poetry if you aren't already!

"Do not be without love, for that means death,
Die in love so that you may remain alive".

"In this sea there is no death waiting for us,
In this sea there is neither grief nor sorrow nor despair.
This sea of love, of goodness and generosity".

"All is based on love, and this love which is within man must be purified,
seperated from alll else.
Our body resembles a beehive, Whose honey and wax are divine love".

MuslimSister — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 - 16:16

‘A lover never seeks without being sought by his beloved. When the lightning bolt of love has pierced this heart, be assured that there is love in that heart.
When the love of God grows in your heart beyond any doubt God loves you’.

Rumi-

Aashiqeh Rasul — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 - 21:47

Salaam,

My heart is so small
it's almost invisible.
How can you place
such big sorrows in it?
"Look," He answered,
"your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world."

The Great Rumi (peace in abundance be upon him)

Wsalaam

MuslimSister — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 - 11:01

[quote="Aashiqeh Rasul"]Salaam,

My heart is so small
it's almost invisible.
How can you place
such big sorrows in it?
"Look," He answered,
"your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world."

The Great Rumi (peace in abundance be upon him)

Wsalaam[/quote]

Wow deep...

Another one of my favourite poems is...

Only You

Only you
I choose among the entire world.
Is it fair of you
letting me be unhappy?

My heart is a pen in your hand.
It is all up to you
to write me happy or sad.

I see only what you reveal
and live as you say.
All my feelings have the color
you desire to paint.

From the beginning to the end,
no one but you.

Angel — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 - 16:25

^^ :roll:

I am a slave, I am a slave, I am a slave.
I bent my head in shame at having failed in the duties of servitude.
Every slave rejoices when he is freed,
Yet God, I rejoice to be your slave.