Rumi

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمد رومی‎), also known asJalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى), Mawlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlânâ, Mevlevî (مولوی Mawlawī, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rūmī (1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian^[1][8]poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic.^[9] 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.^[10] 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"^[11] and the "best selling poet" in the United States, among Muslims.^[12][13]

Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also usedTurkish, Arabic, and Greek,^[14][15][16] in his verse.^[17][18] His Mathnawī, composed in Konya, may be considered one of the purest literary glories of the Persian language.^[19][20] His works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world.^[21] Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States, and South Asia.^[22] His poetry has influenced Persian literature, but also Turkish, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu, as well as the literature of some otherTurkic, Iranian, and Indo-Aryan languages including Chagatai, Pashto, andBengali.