Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian:
جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (جلالالدین محمد بلخى),
Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (مولانا,
"our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی,
"my master"), and more popularly simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century
Persian
Sunni
Muslim
poet,
jurist,
Islamic scholar,
theologian, and
Sufi
mystic.Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions:
Iranians,
Tajiks,
Turks,
Greeks,
Pashtuns, other
Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of
South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries.
His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's
languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described
as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States.
"Us dar se bhi dukh door rahe
jis dwaar se tera dwaar mile"
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