Fundamentals of Rumi's thought
Subtitle: a Mevlevi Sufi perspective
By: Şefik Can ; edited and translation by Zeki Saritoprak ; foreword by M. Fethullah Gülen.
Publisher: Light
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Somerset, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, -- Maulana, -- 1207-1273; Mevleviyeh; Sufism
Work titles: Mevlana.
Notes: "First edition in Turkish published by Ötüken as Mevlana : hayatı, şahsiyeti, fikirleri."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: The political and philosophical situation of the Anatolian Seljuk empire during Rumi's life; title: Intellectual environment of the Anatolian Seljuks during Rumi's time; title: Pre-thirteenth century conceptual differences within Muslim communities; title: The origination of Sufism before Rumi; title: Rumi's life; title: Titles; title: Ancestry; title: Parents; title: Rumi's marriage; title: Family and children; title: Dwelling in Konya; title: Rumi's works; title: Commentaries on the Mesnevi; title: Turkish translations of the Mesnevi; title: The death of Rumi's father; title: Rumi's spiritual guide after his father's death; title: Rumi's meeting with Shams; title: Rumi after the disappearance of Shams; title: Shaykh Salah al-Din of Konya, the zarqubi or goldsmith; title: Husam al-Din Chelebi; title: Rumi's migration to the world of eternity; title: Rumi's personality and views; title: A peculiarity about Rumi's life; title: Rumi's inner and outer characteristics; title: Asceticism and ecstasy; title: Tawhid (unity of God) and ittihad (union with God); title: "There is nothing on earth or in the heavens that does not praise God."; title: Love; title: Belief and disbelief; title: Salvation; title: Reason; title: Beauty; title: Women; title: Poetry; title: Music and whirling ceremonies; title: Sorrow; title: Free will; title: Reincarnation; title: Rumi's influence; title: Rumi's influence on Turkish poets; title: Rumi's influence on Muslim philosophers; title: A comparison between Rumi and Plato; title: Rumi's influence in the West; title: Rumi's Sufi order and his approach to orders; title: The Mevlevi order; title: Rumi and the Islamic law; title: Epilogue; title: Bibliography; title: Author's biography; title: Index.