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143: The Life Story of Ar-Rumi - Who Was...

Mahmoud Ansari
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Sufism is one of the doors to Islam for many in the West and the story of the Sufi mystic poet Jalal Ad-Din Ar-Rumi has captivated people for centuries. Rumi brought Islam to the Greek speaking world of his time and still his poetry reveals the beauty of Islam today across the world. In this episode we learn the history of Rumi with Muhammad Ali Mojaradi aka Sharghzadeh, a Persian translator, Persian language teacher, and founder of Persian Poetics. Listen and learn from the life of the beloved poet Rumi and how his words still stir hearts of Muslims and non-Muslims alike even to this day.


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0:00 The Life Story of Rumi6:00 The Conference of the Birds12:55 Shams, The Mystical Teacher27:05 The Jurists Teach Law, Not Love32:37 Teachings and Death of Shams36:48 Why the Poems about Shams?45:56 Why Was Rumi so Beloved by People?59:38 Sufi Orders, Cults, or Hippie Islam?1:09:35 Rumi’s Poetry and Fame1:13:37 Sharghzadeh's Personal Journey1:24:05 A Final Poem


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