Where is rumi grave

Rumi is also well known for the Sufi brotherhood he established with its distinctive whirling and circling dance, known as Sema and practiced by the Dervishes. The Sema ceremony, in seven parts, represents the mystical journey of an individual on their ascent through mind and love to union with the divine. Mirroring the revolving nature of existence and all living things, the Sufi dervish turns toward the truth, grows through love, abandons ego, and embraces perfection.

Then he returns from this spiritual journey as one who has reached perfection in order to be of love and service to the entire creation. Dressed in long white gowns the ego's burial shroud and wearing high, cone-shaped hats the ego's tombstone , the dervish dances for hours at a time.

With arms held high, the right hand lifted upward to receive blessings and energy from heaven, the left hand turned downward to bestow these blessing on the earth, and the body spinning from right to left, the dervish revolves around the heart and embraces all of creation with love.

The dervishes form a circle, each turning in harmony with the rhythm of the accompanying music as the circle itself moves around, slowly picking up speed and intensity until all collapse in a sort of spiritual exaltation. Rumi passed away on the evening of December 17, , a time traditionally known as his 'wedding night,' for he was now completely united with god.

In the centuries following Rumi's death, many hundreds of dervish lodges were established throughout the Ottoman domains in Turkey, Syria and Egypt, and several Ottoman Sultans were Sufis of the Mevlevi order. During the later Ottoman period, the dervishes acquired considerable power in the sultan's court. With the secularization of Turkey following World War I, the Mevlevi Brotherhood and many others were seen as reactionary and dangerous to the new republic, and were therefore banned in While their properties were confiscated, members of the Mevlevi Brotherhood continued their religious practices in secret until their ecstatic dance were again allowed in The former monastery of the whirling dervishes of Konya was converted into a museum in While the dervishes have been banned from using this facility, it functions as both museum and shrine.

In its main room Mevlana Turbesi may be seen the tomb of Mevlana covered with a large velvet cloth embroidered in gold. Adjacent to Rumi's burial is that of his father, Baha al-Din Valed, whose sarcophagus stands upright, for legends tell that when Rumi was buried, his father's tomb "rose and bowed in reverence.

The burials of Rumi, his father and several others are capped with huge turbans, these being symbolic of the spiritual authority of Sufi teachers. The Mevlana Turbesi dates from Seljuk times while the adjoining mosque and the rooms surrounding the shrine were added by Ottoman sultans.

Formerly used as quarters for the dervishes, these rooms are now furnished as they would have been during the time of Rumi, with mannequins dressed in period costumes. Within one room there is a casket containing a hair from the beard of Muhammad. Each year on December 17 th a religious celebration is held at the site of Rumi's tomb, to which tens of thousands of pilgrims come. In the shrine there is a silver plated step on which the followers of Mevlana rub their foreheads and place kisses.

This area is usually cordoned off but is opened for these devotional actions during the December pilgrimage festivities. In addition to the shrine of Rumi, pilgrims to Konya will visit the shrine of Hazrat Shemsuddin of Tabriz traditionally visited before the shrine of Rumi , the shrine of Sadreduddin Konevi a disciple of Hazrat ibn Arabi and a contemporary of Mevlana , the shrine of Yusuf Atesh-Baz Veli, and the shrine of Tavus Baba who may in fact have been a women and therefore Tavus Ana.

Within the museum of Rumi there is a map that shows the location of these various holy sites. World Pilgrimage Guide. Cuba Dom. Republic Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Honduras. England Finland. Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon. Oman Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey. Australia Palau. Shrine of Rumi, Konya Shrine of Jalaluddin Rumi, Konya Enlarge Situated at an altitude of meters in the south central region of the vast Anatolian steppe, the city of Konya is famous far beyond the borders of Turkey.

Mausoleum of Rumi In a strange event occurred that was to profoundly change Rumi's life and give rise to the extraordinary outpouring of poetry for which he is famous today. Broadly tolerant of all people and other faiths, he says, Whoever you may be, come Even though you may be An infidel, a pagan, or a fire-worshipper, come Our brotherhood is not one of despair Even though you have broken Your vows of repentance a hundred times, come.

Shrine of Jalaluddin Rumi, Konya. Martin Gray is a cultural anthropologist, writer and photographer specializing in the study and documentation of pilgrimage places around the world.

Hence finding a link between the two is an oxymoron. Since we are so accustomed to finding all answers of the universe in religion, we keep reverting to finding a link of all ideas, philosophies to religion. That premise is a non starter in my opinion.

Recommend 0. An enemy of the sun, Standing his roof upon, Bound up both his eyes And cried: 'Lo, the sun dies! Firdowsi, Jami, Nizami and Baydil also deserves our attention. But since no Western media has a spot light on them no one writes about them. Sohrab Your way of course. The main pillar of Sufism is showing admiration for the Prophet. Sheraz Khalid. Sohrab Sufism is very soul of Islam U lack the very understanding of Islamic teachings Rumi has so beautiful poems, Hold on!

Why authore mention peshawar incident here. It disturbe beauty and turn into sorrow. Vijay Toronto. Feb 11, am. Sheraz Khalid and Magister: Sufism came from Islam but transcended it long ago. Once you have reached the roof, you don't need the ladder.

Islam is about religion; Sufism is about spirituality. Love of God can stand on its own; it does not require the crutch of religion. Sohrab - I respect your opinion but do not agree with it. Sufism was inspired by Islam and it has existed because of Islam. While in Konya one should have also visited Prof. Erkan Turkmen born in Peshawar 75 years ago and devoted 50 years of his life on Rumi research.

Sheraz Khalid I wouldn't say sufism is the soul of islam, it is the other way around. Thanks for bringing back happy memories. My partner and I went to Konya in Great people, nice place. The Mathnavi should be made compulsory text in all schools and madrassas if we are to avoid the extremism eating away at the heart of Pakistan.

I'd love to see how proponents of Sufism in Muslim societies would challenge the theory set forward by Vijay and Sohrab. As a sufi I was thrilled to see your article.

Going to Turkey to learn whirling dervish dance in summer of this year. Sohrab Yes we are so accustomed that we try to find cure for diseases like cancer in religion, scientific discoveries in religion, culture and food in religion and as a result neither we get religion nor any anything else If the two has nothing in common then why I see Sufi like Rumi, Ghazali, Jilani Ghamidi sahab despite his disagreement with the Sufi order has accepted the fact that Sufis always followed the Sunnah and Shariat in it's purest intents.

In fact his disagreement starts at the highest level definition of Tauheed that very few highly educated scholars can comprehend. Various speeches of his are available on youtube where he has explained his point of view. Various poems of Shams Tabreez carry exactly same message that you get in Bulleh shah's poems.

Even though they were yrs apart and in different geographical regions. In my opinion, and briefly, sufism is one way of practicing Islam and nothing more. It is like someone getting intoxicating with the love of God, and to love God means to love His creation.

It is a misunderstanding that sufism absolves one of the duties of a Muslim. To the best of my knowledge, all sufis followed all principles of the Sharia. Shahbaz Asif Tahir. Javed Ghamdi is light years away, from being called a towering scholar. One of the conditions to be a scholar is mastery in the Arabic language, and Quranic exegesis, which Javed Ghamdi, lacks, completely.

Secondly he is a deviant who believes in secularism, which is alien to Islam. Islam is a deen, a way of life, and must be implemented in the entire socio, political, economic, and financial way of life. He rejects Hadith, and on many issues, his ideas are contrary to Islamic teaching. Therefore to call him a deviant is correct, but he definitely is neither a Alim, or role model. Allah alone knows best. Beautiful piece of work. The path of Sufism is the path of Love and path of God.

Anand Nirgun. Feb 11, pm. Sufism is the highest peak of Islam Mirza Iqbal Ashraf. When Kamal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey tried to secularize Turkey by force, the first sign that he was willing to relent his war on religion came when he visited Rumi's tomb. He described the feeling he got from being close to Rumi's mosque and tomb as a time of inner excitement.

Ataturk did secularize his country. Yet in visiting Rumi's grave, he could not hide what was reflected in the mirror of his, and softened his stand against religion.

It is written in Rumi's shrine: "This place is the Ka'aba of the lovers. Whoever enters incomplete, becomes complete. Well done Usman. Rumi is the most read person in US in the last decade. We need to understand him better. Shahbaz Asif Tahir There is always an assumption behind a conviction. Think deeply and you will find out where you have erred.

Only people whose mind are not conditioned can truly understand Rumi's work. In Ranbir Kapoor starer film Rockstar there was a dialogue which opens and closes with Rumi's quote: "Beyond all the concepts of wrong doing and right doing there is a field….. I will meet you there.. Thank you. Vijay Toronto : Hence you remain Vijay and in Toronto Umair Rasul.

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