Rumi’s story entails how a “charming, wealthy noble, genius theologian, law professional and brilliant scholar” in his thirties transformed from a bookish scholar to a seeker of universal love and truth.
Rich family heritage
Jalalud’din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273 A.D.) born in a scholarly family of Balkh, present day Afghanistan, was related to the family that had links to courts, theologians and mystics. On the one hand his parents were related to the court of the Khwarazm Shah and on the other, his family was linked to Rashid un Caliph, Abu Bakr. His father Bahaud’din, a student of Najm al Din Kubra, was a man of great learning and piety, an eloquent speaker and distinguished professor. Unfortunately not content with the philosophers and rationalists of the day Bahaud’din seems to have indulged in political diatribes, which forced the family to leave Balkan. Another theory for their relocation is that....
