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Nonfiction. Rumi is one of the great mystics of Islam. He founded in the XIIIth century a brotherhood in the Turkish city of Konya, famous for the use of music in the context of spiritual experience. To understand Rumi is to enter the world of Islam in its true known as a "Sufi," Rumi is on par with the spiritual Masters of all great religious traditions. Written by Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch, a French scholar who became a believer in Islam through her works on Sufism, this book is the best initiation not only to Rumi, but to Islamic it is clear, elegant, scholarly, beautiful. It is an excellent tool for serious students of Islam as well as for the general public who wants to approach Islamic civilization with the respect and competence it requires. It should be on the program of any studies dealing with Islam, comparative studies of religions, the values and politics of the Islamic world. It is a key to the underlying world-view which it is impossible to understand without comprehending its spiritual roots. But this book is also about the life and writings of one of the great poets of the world.

167 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

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Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch

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Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch fut docteur en islamologie, chercheuse au CNRS dont elle dirigea le service des sciences humaines, traductrice et écrivain, et publia au total une quarantaine d’ouvrages et de nombreux articles.

Elle fut disciple du maître soufi Sidi Hamza al Qâdiri al Boutchichi.

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November 5, 2018
إني لأذكرُ هذه السيدة الفرنسية المسلمة، التي دخلتْ في دين الله على إثر دراستِها لجلال الدين الرومي، حياته وكتبه. إنها تتردد كثيرًا على قونية لتنعم برؤية مريدي هذا المرشد العظيم .. وإذا رأيتَها وهي تحاضر عن الإسلام .. ونورُها يسعى بين يديها، ترى الفتحَ الإلهيّ والقربَ من الله والبركة المباركة

يحي الخشّاب 1977 .. أستاذ اللغات الشرقية وآدابها رائد في ميدان الدراسات الشرقية والإسلامية ودراسة ثقافات الشعوب المسلمة غير العربية


تعرفّت ميروفيتش على الرومي من خلال دراستها لكتب المفكّر و الشاعر الباكستاني محمد إقبال و قد ترجمت كتابيه : تجديد التفكير الديني في الإسلام و رسالة الخلود إلى الفرنسية بعد ذلك إتجهت إلى دراسة الرومي و قد ظهرت دراستها ( جلال الدين الرومي و التصوّف ) في سنة 1977 .. تُرجم إلى الإنجليزية على يد سيمون فتّال .. وعن هذه النسخة نقله إلى العربية الأستاذ عيسى علي العاكوب ونشره في طهران عام 2000 و قد أعادت نشره دار نينوى سنة 2016

تقول السيدة ميروفيتش

عندما أردت نقل بعض ما تعلمته ، أنا التي كان لقائي بالرومي نقطة تحول حاسمة قلبت حياتي رأسًا على عقب، فإني أحاول أن أنقل رسالته، لاعتقادي الشديد
في تناغمها مع كل تلك التطلعات أكثر من أي رسالة أخرى



قرابة السنتين و أنا أفكر بنقل الريفيو إلى الموقع .. أتمنى أن يكون ذلك قريبا قبل نهاية السنة
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December 5, 2015
Most information here is taken from Aflaki's Manaqib al 'Arifin (مناقب‌العارفین) and shows a wonderful summary of Rumi's life.
One word, only one word explodes from Jalaluddin Rumi, and that is Jamal (Beauty)...

It is important to say that because of contemporary understanding, some people want separate Rumi's writings from religion, and want to sink it in bland "open-minded" pseudo-spiritual statements. His message is universal, no doubt, but make no mistakes, Rumi applied the outside completely, while delving into the inside - there is no other way. (وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا - "And enter houses through their doors")

That moment when you realize, that an saint dead 742 years ago, STILL does a better job at showing and expressing the heart of Islam (no bark without a sap) and treasures of spirituality than a lot of people alive today, active in one form or another in sentimental so-called proselytism and stuck in it's muds. But ultimately, to each his place, and to each his role... (whether it is good or bad).

A recommended short biography.
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September 13, 2024
J'ai lu ce livre en parallèle avec d'autres lectures, mais la raison pour laquelle il m'a pris beaucoup de temps, c'est sa richesse en informations, chaque paragraphe me renvoyait soit vers un autre livre, un article ou un autre maître soufi avec ses propres ouvrages.
Ce fut un voyage fascinant, la route est encore longue 😅 mais n'hésitez pas une seconde à le lire, il en vaut la peine.
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April 19, 2016
I found this book within our university's shelves, I picked it for research purpose but it turned out to be more than that; I couldn't close it until I was done with it.

What I love about this book other than its simplicity is that it showed us Rumi not as the historical figure only but also as the great poet and mystic, the one & the only when it comes to romantic poetry. Nonetheless, the book talked us through right from the beginning till the establishment of the Mevlevi order and it answered all of my questions.

I love this book and I think it's going to be one of my cherished books..

‏الطيور تطير بأجنحة
‏وأنا اطير بحبك من دون أجنحة

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