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Fundamentals of Rumi's thought : (Can, Şefik,)

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Fundamentals of Rumi's thought :
Subtitle:	A Mevlevi Sufi perspective /
Author:	Can, Şefik, Search Author in Amazon Books
Publisher:	Light,
ISBN:	1932099794
Edition:	2004.
Classification:	BP189.7.M42
Dewey:	297.4/092
URL:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018391.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2004018391-d.html

Detailed notes

- "First edition in Turkish published by Ötüken as Mevlana : hayatı, şahsiyeti, fikirleri."

- Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-309) and index.

- 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 origination 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.