RUMI

Book review published in International Sufi Center mag Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Rahim “Rumi His Teachings and Philosophy” written by octogenarian Sufi scholar R.M.Chopra is from a master hand who has dedicated his entire life for study of Sufism and all religions of the world. The author has got to his credit 15 books on Sufism Sikhism and Hinduism and on the Persian poetry. The subject of Sufism is dealt with great clarity precision insight and thorough understanding. The author has not only mastered the subject but has widely read other scholars on these subjects. Therefore the book under review is a true essence of the teachings and philosophy of great Islamic mystic and poet Moulana Jalaluddin Rumi of Balkh (1207 – 1273) buried in Qonia Turkey a place of great reverence and visited daily by lovers of Rumi Poetry and followers of Moulavi (Turkish Mevlavi) order of Dervishes who have adopted music and dance for propagation of Rumi’s thought and philosophy of love as a medium for merger with the Supreme Love of God.