This wise page-turner of a book is extensively read throughout the world and readers belonging from distinct cultures, languages and religions take delight in learning about the two personalities who appear as one in history due to their singular message of Love for the Divine. “The one you seek is Jelaluddin of Konya.”Īccording to the book “Forty Rules of Love” by Elif Shafak, which explains how Shams changed Rumi’s life through his spiritual awakening, Shams taught Rumi for forty days in seclusion after which he fled to Damascus. After many years of travel and many whispered prayers, a voice came to him, asking, “What will you give in return ?” It is believed that Shams traveled the Middle East in the search for a companion to whom he could transfer his knowledge and who would act as a bridge to deliver it to the world, a man to be his intellectual equal. It is written that “Rumi fainted and found himself a changed man once he had recovered several days later” Rumi could not understand what he just saw and asked Shams in disbelief about what he had done, to which Shams returned his words to him that “It is something you would not comprehend”. Rumi was devastated to see this sight, but quickly after that Shams took those wet books one by one and dusted them and made them dry. What happened next shook Rumi completely Shams took these books and threw them in a nearby pond. This question met with sarcasm from Rumi who replied that “It is something that you would not comprehend” since he judged Shams as a mere traveler who might not have the capability to understand what books are. It is believed that once Maulana Rumi was teaching a group of his students when the wandering dervish Shams Tabrizi walked past and looked over the pile of books and asked what those were. If a connection is so strong then one can only wonder how their first meeting would be. Whirling dervish performing Sema a spiritual dance Such was the relationship between two souls, Shah Shams Tabraiz and Maulana Rumi, who walked on this earth around eight hundred years back in the 13th century but they are alive and whirling to the tune of Love for God even now. It is not a common tale that a relationship between two individuals completely different from the other, emerges into an everlasting story of devotion, great lessons, and each moment immersed into the love of the Divine.Ī spiritual connection like this becomes an inspiration and a beacon of light for generations to come as it transcends the boundaries of time, religion, or cultures and resides in each of the souls that are seeking Divine Guidance and Love. May our paths cross that day and before that day, Amen ?. #Shams, when the final day comes, you are one of those I wish to see. It is to be felt sitting on the sea shore, with eyes on wide open ocean, seeing nothing but its endless vastness.and contemplate over what is to be contemplated given such meet up of the microcosm and the macrocosm?Ī marvellous collection of words surely, aching yet indifferent, to convey what is meant to convey. May our paths cross that day and before that How do you rate such a read? A marvellous collection of words surely, aching yet indifferent, to convey what is meant to convey. How do you rate such a read? It is to be felt sitting on the sea shore, with eyes on wide open ocean, seeing nothing but its endless vastness.and contemplate over what is to be contemplated given such meet up of the microcosm and the macrocosm? It is to be savoured really, bit by bit.
A dervish with homo-erotic feelings would be as much of an oxymoron as you can get.more I think this is the real reason why Shams Tabriz disappeared from Rumi's life. Even go as far as to send his son after Tabriz. But there is no denying his heart ache for Shams Tabriz. Whether or not Rumi's feelings were reciprocated is hard to say. I believe Shans Tabriz feelings for Rumi were homo-erotic. But as I continued read I became more uneasy about the relationship between Shams Tabriz and Rumi. A dervi As is the case with most Sufi tomes, apocryphal tales go hand in hand with aphorisms.
As is the case with most Sufi tomes, apocryphal tales go hand in hand with aphorisms.