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Rumi’s Diwan-e Shams (Jalaloddin Rumi) born on September 30, 1207 at Balkh in the north-eastern providence of Persia ( presence day Afghanistan ). Rumi’s has been regarded as one of the greatest spiritual masters and poetical intellects, in fact, there are several reasons on why Rumi’s poems were outstanding from his peers, while many other poets have a mystical vision of their poems and then try to express it in a understandable language, Rumi never attempted to bring his visions or poems to the level of the mundane, instead he has always expected, and demanded the reader to reach higher and higher in his or her own spiritual understanding, and then eventually be able to appreciate what he was truly saying. The most remarkable masterpiece created by Rumi’s was the Divan-e Shams a masterpiece of wisdom and eloquence. It is belief that Rumi had attained the level of a "Perfect Master" and as such, he dwelled in the spiritual realms that were rarely visited by others of this world, Moreover he attained heights that were attained by only a few before him or since. Based on the importance and mysterious poems from the masterpiece of Rumi’s (Diwan-e Shams) the scriptures should be preserved and past on from generation to generation to demonstrate the importance of god in mans life.

Rumi’s life: At the age of 24 Rumi’s had fallowed the footsteps of his father, he distinguished scholar, as a teacher and preacher of religious sciences at the college in Konya, he was living a wealthy and respectful life but he was dissatisfy at that time. At the age of 37 he met a wandering dervish (a Muslim religious order) named Shamsuddin of Tabriz who saw in in rumi’s to much proud by the way of his scholar knowledge and authority. so as a result both rumi’s and Shamsuddin spend 90 days in a private retreat and both emerged themselves in to spiritual transformation, as consequence of this Rumi’s gave up everything that he had at that time and dedicated his life to a prolific outpouring of poetry he later named his collection the <em>Diwan-i Shams-i Tabriz-i</em> (The Works of Shams of Tabriz) in honor of Shamsuddin. In addiction, The <em>Diwan</em> consists of about 40,000 verses, arranged according to rhythm, and was written over a period of 30 years. Furthermore, some of the most remarkable poems he wrote were THE MAN OF GOD , EMPTY THE GLASS OF YOUR DESIRE and THE ONE TRUE LIFE. in almost all his poems he interpreted love in all its forms, rumi’s explores the immortal theme of love as passion. He sees passionate love as a selfless experience that enriches one's life. However, almost all of Rumi's love poems are ambiguous they can be interpreted as addressing both the earthly love that exists between two people and the higher love that exists between humans and god. in fact, he gave many examples on how a real man should behave. one of the most interesting poems that I personally enjoyed the most was EMPTY THE GLASS OF YOUR DESIRE:

“Join yourself to friends

and know the joy of the soul.

Enter the neighborhood of ruin

with those who drink to the dregs.

Empty the glass of your desire

so that you won't be disgraced.

Stop looking for something out there

and begin seeing within.

Open your arms if you want an embrace.

Break the earthen idols and release the radiance.

Why get involved with a hag like this world?

You know what it will cost.

And three pitiful meals a day

is all that weapons and violence can earn.

At night when the Beloved comes

will you be nodding on opium?

If you close your mouth to food,

you can know a sweeter taste.

Our Host is no tyrant. We gather in a circle.

Sit down with us beyond the wheel of time.

Here is the deal: give one life

and receive a hundred.

Stop growling like dogs,

and know the shepherd's care.

You keep complaining about others

and all they owe you?

Well, forget about them;

just be in His presence.

When the earth is this wide,

why are you asleep in a prison?

Think of nothing but the source of thought.

Feed the soul; let the body fast.

Avoid knotted ideas;

untie yourself in a higher world.

Limit your talk

for the sake of timeless communion.

Abandon life and the world,

and find the life of the world.”

(fiero 6 e )

These poem seems to aimed the most important values of life, it gives a brief description on how humans should live. in fact, it said that we should abandon life in the world and discover the real world which it means that we should not pay to much attention to materialism and instead we should look for the spirit of god and discover the real world. there many important facts that contribute to the accomplishments of rumi’s, amount the most important are how he created his poems. “To achieve the sublime states described in Rumi's verse, the sufist <em>mevlevi</em> (whirling dervishes) developed a mental and physical frenzy during their sacred dance. The ecstatic gyration produced <em>fana</em> (euphorias) that, according to the poet, "liberate the spirits from the body's trap and wipe the records clean" (Rumi 2007, 41). The whirling generated a mystic release from time and space and a call to "Behold the power of God in his composure!" . “The rapid rotation of the trunk and limbs freed the mind of idol worship, rid the soul of guilt, and intoxicated the spirit with an epiphany of self-surrender. Enraptured with thoughts of God and universal love, the dancer became free of formal religious forms and the greed and power-mongering around them.”(Facts On File, Inc., 2009) Yet there is more. While many of the translations of Rumi’s poetry have tried to convey the immense wisdom contained therein, often they overlook the musical and artistic beauty that they contain but especially in Divan-e Shams, Rumi has created such level of beauty through the use and mastery of musical rhythm and rhyme, that the reader not only can appreciate its wisdom, but also reach levels of ecstasy and mystical energy that is seldom found in other poems or any translations of his poetry. Rumi’s poetry should be preserved in addition to the bible books to demonstrate the importance of god in mans life. To sum all up Rumi's poetry has influenced not only Islamic literature and civilization but also world literature, philosophy, and culture therefore it should be well preserve as one of the greatest poems and most influential literature of its time.

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THE HUMANISTIC TRADITION . 6 EDITION . GLORIA K FIERO

<a href="mailto:S@ZBNet.com">Shahriar Shahriari</a> 1998, Vancouver Canada, 1999 - 2005, Los Angeles, CA

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. "Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi." <em>Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire</em>. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009. <em>Bloom's Literary Reference Online</em>. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&amp;SID=5&amp;iPin= ELOE212&amp;SingleRecord=True (accessed May 5, 2011).

Molana Jalal-e-Din Mohammad Molavi Rumi. Shahrzad Rouzrok. http ://www.iranchamber.com/literature/jrumi/molana_rumi.php.<span style="font-family: Verdana">Thursday, May 05, 2011</span>

Shahriar Shahriari. Vancouver, Canada

July 20, 1998

　

　

　

　

　