Rumi Revival in Iran

[naqshbandijamaati]

assalamu alaykum

click below for an interesting article on the revival of Mawlana Rumi rahmatullah alayhi in Shi'ite Iran:



http://books.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5034307-110738,00.html





Iran was, for most of its' history a stronghold of Sunni Sufi Islam.





Masnavi -ye- Ma'navi e Mevlevi

Hast Qu'ran dar zaban i Pahlavi







-Hazrat Jami's verdict on Hazrat Rumi's Masnavi Sharif



(The Masnavi of Mawlana (Rumi)/Is the Qur'an in Middle Persian (Pahlavi))

 

[Wadood]

He replied that when he was a boy, growing up in the eastern province of Khorasan, he had read the poetry of a mystic shepherd called Baba Taher.

assalam 'alaykom Sidi Asif,





Sidi, I wanted to tell you that the mystic shepherd, known as Baba Taher, is most likely the 'Arif BilAllah, the Wali of Allah sbt



Sheikh Baba Taher Oryan Hamedani :ra:



I have mentioned his name in my list in the Persian Contribution thread.





your bro



Wadood

 

[Wadood]

:bism2:

The Enlightened Maqam of Syedina Baba Taher Oryan Hamedani :ra:

 

[naqshbandijamaati]

assalamu alayum Sidi wadood,



thanks for the info. i never knew who Baba Taher was! I have seen his rubaiyaat in many farsi bookshops. rahmatullah alayhi!



thanks also for the list of farsi contributors to islam...