Rumi\'s great book of wisdom-infused poetry contain myriad lessons on the importance of faith, with the culture and lessons of spiritual, Biblical and Islamic teachings featuring strongly.
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Today, both Rumi and the Masnavi are celebrated in Iran and the wider world.
The sudden arrival of Persian scholars to Islam precipitated a blending of culture that would result in great accomplishments of art and philosophy.
This process which led Rumi and many others to relocate to Baghdad for their own safety.
Demonstrating a gift for words and language from his early years, his childhood was marked by the disruption of the Mongol invasion of Iran.
Maulana Jalalu-\'d-din Muhammad Rumi was born in the early 13th century in what is today Iran.
Many of the stories contain a spiritual moral, or profess Rumi\'s central belief of tawhid (unity with God as Beloved) - a common characteristic is Rumi\'s unique reflections, and his eloquence at reworking existing folk tales.
Many are Biblical, alluding to figures such as Moses or Pharaoh, while others concern Arabic or Sufi culture.
The six books contain lines of poetry interspersed with short tales.
Rumi himself, while undoubtedly an Islamic scholar of great ability, did not feel confined to the faith; he saw spiritual value in a range of disciplines, and asserted that the light of Mohammed\'s prophecy does not leave faithful Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians or other denominations behind.
It is in the Masnavi that Persia\'s place between the spiritual cultures of Asia and the Middle East is evidenced.
The Masnavi was praised as one of the finest works of mystical literature ever seen, and it is today emblematic of the Islamic Golden Age.
Wishing to align his poetry in order to tell tales of man and man\'s place in the world, Rumi drew upon a variety of religious and spiritual sources to create a poetic compendium of supreme profundity and depth.
In authoring his masterwork, Rumi quoted the Qu\'ran, the Bible and several spiritual forebears.
Rumi\'s great book of wisdom-infused poetry contain myriad lessons on the importance of faith, with the culture and lessons of spiritual, Biblical and Islamic teachings featuring strongly
