مولانا جلالالدین رومی — شاعر عارف ایرانی که از همه مرزها فراتر رفت
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, known simply as Mowlana (Our Master) in Persian, was born in Vakhsh (present-day Tajikistan) in 1207 and died in Konya (present-day Turkey) in 1273. He is the most widely translated Persian poet in the world and regularly appears on global bestseller lists — 800 years after his death.
His magnum opus, the Masnavi (Spiritual Couplets), is a six-volume, 25,000-verse epic exploring Sufi mysticism, divine love, and the soul's longing to return to its divine source. His other major work, the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi, contains 35,000+ verses of ecstatic love poetry inspired by his spiritual friendship with the wandering mystic Shams of Tabriz.
Rumi founded the Mevlevi Order, whose meditative whirling ceremony (Sema) is recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage. His universal message — 'Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.' — resonates across all religions, cultures, and eras.
Yes. Rumi was born in the Persian-speaking world, wrote in Persian, and identified with Persian cultural tradition. Though he lived in Anatolia, his language and literary tradition were entirely Persian.
The Masnavi (Masnavi-ye Ma'navi or 'Spiritual Couplets') — a six-volume, 25,000-verse poem exploring divine love, Sufi mysticism, and the human soul's journey. Rumi himself called it 'the shop of Unity.'