Jalal al-Din Rumi

Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Balkhi al-Rumi, jurist, poet, and towering Sufi master, author of the «Masnavi-ye Ma'navi», one of the greatest works of mystical poetry in Islamic history and the inspiration for the Mevlevi Sufi order.

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Authored the «Masnavi-ye Ma'navi», one of the greatest works of Sufi poetry in Islamic tradition

His disciples founded the Mevlevi order and its whirling sama ceremony

Combined Hanafi jurisprudence with profound Sufi spiritual knowledge

His poetry has been translated into dozens of languages with global cultural influence

Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Balkhi was born in 604 AH/1207 CE in Balkh, in present-day Afghanistan. His family fled the Mongol advance, traveling through Baghdad, Mecca, and Syria before settling in Konya, capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, where he studied Hanafi jurisprudence and inherited the spiritual leadership of his father, the Sufi scholar Baha' al-Din Walad.

Rumi's path changed profoundly after meeting the wandering dervish Shams al-Din of Tabriz, who awakened a deep mystical dimension expressed in his flowing Persian poetry. He composed his masterwork, the six-volume «Masnavi-ye Ma'navi», a didactic mystical poem weaving parables and symbolism with ethical and spiritual reflection, alongside the «Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi».

His Legacy

After his death in Konya in 672 AH/1273 CE, his disciples founded the Mevlevi Sufi order, known for its whirling «sama» ceremony. His poetry has been translated into most of the world's languages, making Rumi one of the most widely read Muslim Sufi poets to this day.