"Come, come again, whoever you are, come!Heathen, fire worshipper or idolatrous, come! Come even if you broke your penitence a hundred times, Ours is the portal of hope, come as you are."

Seven advice of rumi

In generosity and helping other be like a river

In compassion and grace be like a sun

In concealing other's faults be like night

In anger and fury be like dead

In modesty and humility be like earth

In tolerance be like a sea

Either exist as you are or be as you look

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"Khunuk ân kas ke chu mâ shud, hame taslîm u rezâ shud Geruv-e 'ishq u junûn shud, guhar-e bahr-e safâ shud."

Happy the one who has become like us; who has become all surrender and contenment; Who has become the pledge of love and madness; who has become a jewel in the sea of purity.

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    THE AGE OF RUMI

    Rumi was born in Wakhsh (Tajikistan) under the administration of Balkh in 30 September 1207 to a family of learned theologians. Escaping the Mongol invasion and destruction, Rumi and his family traveled extensively in the Muslim lands, performed pilgrimage to Mecca and finally settled in Konya, Anatolia, then part of Seljuk Empire. When his father Bahaduddin Valad passed away, Rumi succeeded his father in 1231 as professor in religious sciences. Rumi 24 years old, was an already accomplished scholar in religious and positive sciences.

    He was introduced into the mystical path by a wandering dervish, Shamsuddin of Tabriz. His love and his bereavement for the death of Shams found their expression in a surge of music, dance and lyric poems, `Divani Shamsi Tabrizi'. Rumi is the author of six volume didactic epic work, the `Mathnawi', called as the 'Koran in Persian' by Jami, and discourses, `Fihi ma Fihi', written to introduce his disciples into metaphysics.

    If there is any general idea underlying Rumi's poetry, it is the absolute love of God. His influence on thought, literature and all forms of aesthetic expression in the world of Islam cannot be overrated.

    Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi died on December 17, 1273. Men of five faiths followed his bier. That night was named Sebul Arus (Night of Union). Ever since, the Mawlawi dervishes have kept that date as a festival.

    Further reading:

    University Press I Am Wind Your Are Fire: The Life and Work of Rumi Annemarie Schimmel, (December 1992) Shambhala Publications . Wikipedia: Mevlana.