Råd och mevlana

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Det brukade finnas en enda konung i ett rike
och månens prakt, den saknade sin like,
i denna natt kan skönjas flera kungalika män
och grändens rad av lyktor likt månar sig ter
Skynda till läkaren, spring min vän
- du skall nämna att här finns inga sorger mer
Rättegångar Groll Tvister
på vida vatten all sin bärkraft mister

Djalalu'd-Din Rumi, sufier, levde på talet.
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Hz. Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi is the great Anatolian mystic, poet and the father of the Mevlevi Order. He is known as Hz. Mevlana in the East and as Rumi in the West. At birth, his family named him Muhammed, though he came to be nicknamed Celaleddin. As for “Mevlana”, it connotes to “our master”, while “Rumi” relates to “the land of Rum” or “Anatolia”, where he lived. In his lifetime, he was also referred to as “Hudavendigar”, meaning “distinguished leader”, whereas his present internationally renowned title “Mevlana” was very seldom used. The name “Rumi” was added to the end, rather later on.

Hz. Mevlana was born on 30 September in the city of Balkh, Horasan, which at the time was inhabited by Turkish tribes; (Balkh, today, remains within the boundaries of Afghanistan). His mother Mümine was the daughter of Rükneddin, the “emir” (sovereign ruler) of Balkh and his father, Bahaeddin Veled, was “Sultanu-l ulema”(chief scholar). Their clash of opinion with Fahreddin-i Razi, one of his contemporary mystics, along with the probability of