“Mevlana is a Prophet!” Article/Interview with Nevit Ergin
http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/top104,146@2100.html
We are working on translating the article, Aktüel… Continue reading
Poetry of Rumi a Unifying Force of Civilizations by America.gov - Telling America’s Story
From America.gov, an interview with Nevit Ergin.
Dîvân-i Kebîr 22 Volume Set Available Now
The complete Dîvân-i Kebîr 22 Volume Set (English translation), translated by Dr. Nevit O. Ergin, is now available, here, through the Society for Understanding Mevlana, and Echo Publications.
Captured in finely published books of… Continue reading
Creation and Perception
The following is an essay by Nevit Ergin:
“The soul is just a fish,
Wishes and desires are God’s fishing line.
What a wonderful thing this desire is.
A fisherman that sacrifices souls
The ant doesn’t have wings, but wishes to fly
And pierce the wall of Love’s palace.
Don’t call
Translator’s Afterword
from The Rubais of Rumi Insane with Love Translator’s Afterword
If death didn’t come to Humans, we would be reasonably happy following the voice of reason as the most trustworthy guide in our lives. But death comes, sooner or later, without exception, making everything else obsolete.
The silence after an obituary defies all consolations of faith and makes any explanations based on reason futile. Reincarnation, hell, and heaven… Continue reading
Replicas of the Original Dîvân-i Kebîr
A limited number of Replicas of the Original Dîvân-i Kebîr are available through the society. Contact Us.
Transcribed in 1364, the Dîvân-i Kebîr is Mevlana Rumi’s masterpiece. An anthology of lyric poems that contains more than 40,000 verses, it is written in 14th century Khorasani… Continue reading
Who Rumi Was Not
Most reference books describe him as: “A Persian Mystic, and poet, who was born in 1207 and died in 1273.” What he says:
“I am neither Christian nor Jew
Neither Persian nor Moslem.
I am from neither the East nor West
Neither from land, nor from water.”
He is certainly rejecting the ideas that confine him in any particular location or religion:
“I am concealed, secret, sometimes,
Sometimes I appear, and become obvious.
Sometimes I am Muslim
Sometimes… Continue reading
