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Index
SUPPLICATION
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CHAPTER I The Political and Philosophical Situation of the Anatolian Seljuk Empire During Rumi’s Life
Intellectual Environment of the Anatolian Seljuks during Rumi’s Time
Rumi’s Life
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
CHAPTER II 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 Unbelief
Salvation
Reason
Beauty
Women
Poetry
Music and Whirling Ceremonies
Sorrow
Free Will
Reincarnation
CHAPTER III 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
CHAPTER IV Rumi’s Sufi Order and His Approach to Orders
The Mevlevi Order
Rumi and Islamic Law
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY
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