Dschalal ad-Din al-Rumi Berühmte Zitate
Diwan-e-Schams, Nr.:1759, zitiert von Frithjof Schuon in "Den Islam verstehen"
Persisch: "بحر من غرقه گشت هم در خویش// بوالعجب بحر بیکران که منم"
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî, auch Mevlana Dschelaluddin Rumi.
„Am Ende ist ein Mensch alles müde, nur des Herzens Verlangen und der Seele Wanderung nicht.“
Zitiert von Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee in "Transformation des Herzens"
„Zeige dich, wie du bist, oder sei, wie du dich zeigst.“
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî, auch Mevlana Dschelaluddin Rumi. Quelle : Inschrift am Mevlana-Museum in Kappadokien.
Zitate über die Zeit von Dschalal ad-Din al-Rumi
„Als es an der Zeit war über Liebe zu schreiben, brach die Feder entzwei, und das Papier riß.“
Zitiert von Bayat/Jamnia in "Geschichten aus dem Land der Sufis"
Persisch: " چون قلم اندر نوشتن می شتافت//چون به عشق آمد قلم برخود شکافت//چون سخن در وصف این حالت رسید// هم قلم بشکست و هم کاغذ درید "
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî (aus dem Masnawi), zitiert aus: Mystische Zeugnisse aller Zeiten und Völker (Hrsg. Peter Sloterdijk), gesammelt von Martin Buber, orig. erschienen 1909 unter dem Titel Ekstatische Konfessionen, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, München 1993, ISBN 3-424-01156-8, S. 96
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî (aus dem Masnawi), zitiert aus: Mystische Zeugnisse aller Zeiten und Völker (Hrsg. Peter Sloterdijk), gesammelt von Martin Buber, orig. erschienen 1909 unter dem Titel Ekstatische Konfessionen, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, München 1993, ISBN 3-424-01156-8, S. 95
„Sufismus ist Freude finden im Herzen, wenn die Zeit des Kummers kommt.“
Zitiert von Annemarie Schimmel in "Mystische Dimensionen des Islam"
Dschalal ad-Din al-Rumi Zitate und Sprüche
Zitiert von Frithjof Schuon in "Den Islam verstehen"
Zitiert von Abd al-Qadir as-Sufi in "Was ist Sufismus?"
Persisch: "اين جهان كوه است و فعل ما ندا// باز گردد اين نداها را صدا"
Quelle: Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî (aus dem Masnawi), zitiert aus: Mystische Zeugnisse aller Zeiten und Völker (Hrsg. Peter Sloterdijk), gesammelt von Martin Buber, orig. erschienen 1909 unter dem Titel Ekstatische Konfessionen, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, München 1993, ISBN 3-424-01156-8, S. 96
„Jenseits von richtig und falsch liegt ein Ort. Dort treffen wir uns.“
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî, zitiert aus: Gewaltfreie Kommunikation, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Paderborn 2003, ISBN 3-87387-454-7, S. 31
„Was zu der Liebe Preis ich je ersann, // verstummte, als die Liebe selbst begann.“
Dschalâl-ed-dîn Rumî, auch Mevlana Dschelaluddin Rumi.
Dschalal ad-Din al-Rumi: Zitate auf Englisch
Jewels of Remembrance (1996)
Kontext: Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation?
What do you know of Love except the name?
Love has a hundred forms of pride and disdain,
and is gained by a hundred means of persuasion.
Since Love is loyal, it purchases one who is loyal:
it has no interest in a disloyal companion.
The human being resembles a tree; its root is a covenant with God:
that root must be cherished with all one's might.
“The ruby and the sunrise are one.”
As quoted in Head and Heart : A Personal Exploration of Science and the Sacred (2002) by Victor Mansfield
Kontext: He says, "There’s nothing left of me.
I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise.
Is it still a stone, or a world
made of redness? It has no resistance
to sunlight." This is how Hallaj said, I am God,
and told the truth!The ruby and the sunrise are one. Be courageous and discipline yourself.
Completely become hearing and ear, and wear this sun-ruby as an earring.
“Traditional words are just babbling
in that presence, and babbling is a substitute
for sight.”
"The Three Fish" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 196
Variant translations or adaptations:
Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
As quoted in Teachers of Wisdom (2010) by Igor Kononenko, p. 134
Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
As quoted in "Rumi’s wisdom" (2 October 2015) http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/10/02/character-of-the-week-rumi/, by Paulo Coelho
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Kontext: Silence
is an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk
into the language-river. Listen to the ocean,
and bring your talky business to an end Traditional words are just babbling
in that presence, and babbling is a substitute
for sight.
As translated in Masnavi I Ma'navi : The Spiritual Couplets of Maulána Jalálu-'d-Dín Muhammad Rúmí (1898) edited by Edward Henry Whinfield Book IV, Story IV : "Bayazid and his impious sayings when beside himself" <!-- also quoted in The Perennial Philosophy (1945) by Aldous Huxley -->
"Advice to the Disciple and Aspirant" p. 527
The Quatrains of Rumi (2008)
“Every moment and place says,
"Put this design in your carpet!"”
"Put This Design in Your Carpet" Ch. 11 : Union
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Kontext: I can't stop pointing
to the beauty.Every moment and place says,
"Put this design in your carpet!"
III, 1445-49
Jewels of Remembrance (1996)
Kontext: If an ant seeks the rank of Solomon,
don't smile contemptuously upon its quest.
Everything you possess of skill, and wealth and handicraft,
wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?
“A prince is just
a conceit until he does something with generosity.”
"The Far Mosque" in Ch. 17 : Solomon Poems, p. 191
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Kontext: This heart sanctuary does
exist, but it can't be described. Why try! Solomon goes there every morning and gives guidance
with words, with musical harmonies, and in actions,
which are the deepest teaching. A prince is just
a conceit until he does something with generosity.
"The Gift of Water" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 200
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Kontext: Every object and being in the universe is
a jar overflowing with wisdom and beauty,
a drop of the Tigris that cannot be contained
by any skin. Every jarful spills and makes the earth
more shining, as though covered in satin.
As quoted in The Enlightened Mind (1991), edited by Stephen Mitchell
Kontext: Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in the blood, move to an infant drinking milk, to a child on solid food, to a searcher after wisdom, to a hunter of more invisible game.
Think how it is to have a conversation with an embryo. You might say, "The world outside is vast and intricate. There are wheatfields and mountain passes, and orchards in bloom. At night there are millions of galaxies, and in sunlight the beauty of friends dancing at a wedding."
You ask the embryo why he, or she, stays cooped up in the dark with eyes closed. Listen to the answer.
There is no "other world." I only know what I've experienced. You must be hallucinating.
“I am the servant of the Qur'an as long as I have life.”
Kontext: I am the servant of the Qur'an as long as I have life.
I am the dust on the path of [Muhammad], the Chosen one.
If anyone quotes anything except this from my sayings,
I am quit of him and outraged by these words
"Ali in Battle" an account of Ali ibn Abi Talib's explanation as to why he declined to kill someone who had spit in his face as Ali was defeating him in battle, in Ch. 20 : In Baghdad dreaming of Cairo
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)
“Quit acting like a wolf, and feel
the shepherd's love filling you.”
"A Community of the Spirit" in Ch. 1 : The Tavern, p. 2
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)
As quoted in The Sufi Path of Love : The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi (1983) by William C. Chittick, p. 162
"The Forty Rules of Love" (2010) by Elif Şafak (The book is about Rumi, but the quote is the author's own words)
Misattributed
As quoted in "Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi" http://en.mfethullahgulen.com/content/view/1820/49/ by Fethullah Gülen in The Fountain #24 (July-September 2004)
Variant translation: I want a heart which is split, chamber by chamber, by the pain of separation from God, so that I might explain my longings and desires to it.
Mathnavi translated by William Chittick pp. 122-123 as quoted in Classical Islam and Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition by Muhammad Hisham Kabbani p. 153
“What is the body? That shadow of a shadow
of your love, that somehow contains
the entire universe.”
"Where are we?" in Ch. 2 : Bewilderment
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)
Helen Schucman in A Course in Miracles (1976) by Helen Schucman and William Thetford, Ch. 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions, p. 338,#6.
Misattributed
“The Sufi is hanging on to Muhammad, like Abu Bakr.”
As quoted in Rumi and Islam: Selections from His Stories, Poems, and Discourses — Annotated and Explained (2004) by Ibrahim Gamard p. 171
"Who says words with my mouth?" in Ch. 1 : The Tavern, p. 2
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)
“They will ask you
what you have produced.
Say to them,
except for Love,
what else can a Lover produce?”
Hush Don't Say Anything to God (1999)
“Even though you're not equipped,
keep searching:
equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord.”
III, 1445-49
Jewels of Remembrance (1996)
"We Three" Ch. 11 : Union
The Essential Rumi (1995)
