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Author Can, Şefik, 1910-2005.

Title Fundamentals of Rumi's thought : a Mevlevi Sufi perspective / Şefik Can ; edited and translation by Zeki Sritoprak ; foreword by M. Fethullah Gülen.

Publication Info. Somerset, N.J. : Tughra Books, [2008]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  297.4 J26CA    Check Shelf
Description xxv, 334 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-309) and index.
Contents The political and philosophical situation of the Anatolian Seljuk empire during Rumi's life -- Intellectual environment of the Anatolian Seljuks during Rumi's time -- Pre-thirteenth century conceptual differences within Muslim communities -- The origins of Sufism before Rumi -- Rumi's life -- Titles -- Ancestry -- Parents -- Rumi's marriage -- Family and children -- Dwelling in Konya -- Rumi's works -- Commentaries on the Mesnevi -- Turkish translations of the Mesnevi -- The death of Rumi's father -- Rumi's spiritual guide after his father's death -- Rumi's meeting with Shams -- Rumi after the disappearance of Shams -- Shaykh Salah al-Din of Konya, the zarqubi or goldsmith -- Husam al-Din Chelebi -- Rumi's migration to the world of eternity -- Rumi's personality and views -- A peculiarity about Rumi's life -- Rumi's inner and outer characteristics -- Asceticism and ecstasy -- Tawhid (unity of God) and ittihad (union with God) -- "There is nothing on earth or in the heavens that does not praise God." -- Love -- Belief and disbelief -- Salvation -- Reason -- Beauty -- Women -- Poetry -- Music and whirling ceremonies -- Sorrow -- Free will -- Reincarnation -- Rumi's influence -- Rumi's influence on Turkish poets -- Rumi's influence on Muslim philosophers -- A comparison between Rumi and Plato -- Rumi's influence in the West -- Rumi's Sufi order and his approach to orders -- The Mevlevi order -- Rumi and the Islamic law -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Author's biography -- Index.
Subject Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.
Mevleviyeh.
Sufism.
ISBN 9781932099799
1932099794
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