“The lover I am; it befits me to burn; but what is the reason for your weeping and burning? The candle replied:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In his mystical epic "The Rhyming Spiritual Couplets" (Mathnawi-yi ma'nawi), Rumi frequently celebrates the Religion of Love. The following verse from his… — Hossein Elahi Ghomshei PhD Copy Share Image
“Farsi Couplet: Mun tu shudam tu mun shudi,mun tun shudam tu jaan shudi Taakas na guyad baad azeen, mun deegaram tu deegari… — Amir Khusrau Copy Share Image
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter.” — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share Image
“Know it for certain that the lover's not a Muslim For in the creed of love there's neither infidelity Or faith; since… — Hossein Elahi Ghomshei PhD Copy Share Image
“you’re already naked in this world in this time in this life beacause your next love your next hunger you next laughter… — Baharak Sedigh Copy Share Image
“beauty—the beloved—brings into existence myriads of lovers (nightingales); every moment she contemplates herself through the eyes of these lovers, hearing them sing… — Hossein Elahi Ghomshei PhD Copy Share Image
“Oh, come with old Khayyàm, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain,… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
You think of yourself as a citizen of the universe. You think you belong to this world of dust and matter. Out… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Rumi is perhaps the greatest mystical poet who ever lived, one of the greatest poets of the Persian language. He was able… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
