Contents
Preface
Biography of Shams-i Tabrezi:
(The architect of Rumi's spiritual world).
Junction of the two oceans:
Teachings of Shams:
On God:
1- Love buys eternity:
2- Empty your hearts for God:
3- The story: How Ibrahim Edhem abandoned his kingdom of Balkh:
4- Love the poor and the helpless in order to gain God's love:
5- Love of God softens lustful ego:
6- God is visible to some:
7- Meaning of Allah-u Akbar (God is Great):
8- It is your soul that shall lead you to God:
9- God did not create man with two hearts:
10- Meaning of God's attribute Samad (Eternal and Absolute):
11- God has maddening scent:
12- Philosophers are lost in search of truth:
13- God is God:
14- Don't give heart to mortal things:
15- Some speak about God without knowing much about Him:
16- Prophets unlike dervishes have to contact people:
17- Change vengeance into mercy:
18- Look up to God with love:
19- God is covered behind many curtains of light:
20- Those that have divine knowledge (Ilm-i Ledun) are of two kinds:
21- The meaning of Faqr (asceticism):
22- Divine guidance is above self-learning:
23- The stage of istighraq (absorption):
24- Finding God makes you eternal:
Shams and Rumi:
On Perfect Men and Saints
On Some Prophets Scholars and Lovers of God:
On Sema (the Transcendental Dance):
Other General Topics:
On the Holy Koran: