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[3017] Mevlana Museum, Konya, Türkiye
Konya, Turkey
Mevlânâ (مولانا, "our master”) Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī is one of the most known Sufi mystic. He was born in Balkh city of Khorosan, in present-day Afghanistan, in 1207. He spent most of his life in Konya, Turkey and passed away there, on 17 December 1273. He was also a poet. His Mathnawī, composed in Konya, is one of the most read poems in the world. He founded the Mevlevi Order (Mawlaw’īyya) of Sufism. The Mawlaw'īyya are also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remembrance of God). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi path; the whirling is part of the formal Sama ceremony and the participants are properly known as semazens. A dhikr ceremony is shown in these videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqwfBkNa9k.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwlcDu4A3TY
The photograph shows the mausoleum of Mevlânâ Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī.
[3017] Mevlana Museum, Konya, Türkiye
Konya, Turkey
Mevlânâ (مولانا, "our master”) Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī is one of the most known Sufi mystic. He was born in Balkh city of Khorosan, in present-day Afghanistan, in 1207. He spent most of his life in Konya, Turkey and passed away there, on 17 December 1273. He was also a poet. His Mathnawī, composed in Konya, is one of the most read poems in the world. He founded the Mevlevi Order (Mawlaw’īyya) of Sufism. The Mawlaw'īyya are also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remembrance of God). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi path; the whirling is part of the formal Sama ceremony and the participants are properly known as semazens. A dhikr ceremony is shown in these videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqwfBkNa9k.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwlcDu4A3TY
The photograph shows the mausoleum of Mevlânâ Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī.