And Aziz died due to cancer, but Ela had already decided to leave his husband and kids, fully aware of the fact that Aziz will die soon. Shams was killed by the people, who felt Rumi is slipping away from them due to Shams. I praise Him with all my words and deeds, as naturally and effortlessly as I breathe. Why would I wallow in endless fears and anxieties, always restricted by prohibitions and limitations? Infinitely compassionate He is.
A living God! Why would I want a dead God? Alive He is. Neither a grocer nor a clerk, my God is a magnificent God. It invites you to love the Allah Almighty rather than be afraid of Him.Īs Shams of Tabriz says in the book. And one thing is certain, in my view, this story will also bring you a little closer to Allah Almighty.
The reading of the full story will raise many questions likewise, it also answers many curiosities. The story has many dimensions and many layers. But today the world knows Rumi as one of the best poets of all times. Before Shams, he considers poetry a bad thing. One visible change was poetry and Rumi was called “The Sultan of Language”. But he always lived away from the realities of the life, as a beggar says in the story, sitting inside the mosque-he is born with silver spoon, how can he understand the pain of a disease and difficulties in the life, about whom he is talking about? But when Shams came to his life, everything changes.Īfter the killing of Shams, he recalled the events that took place in his life due to Shams, and how those events changed him. He had a happy family, many disciples, and people came to listen to him in huge numbers. She fell in love with Aziz, but she wasn’t aware of the fact he was on the terminal stage of cancer.īefore the arrival of Shams, Rumi was an established religious scholar. As she started reading the story, she began her communication with the author of the novel via email. The novel contained the story of “Love & Companionship” between Rumi and his teacher Shams. She only knows the “Z” in the name of the author stands for “Aziz”. Things and her behaviour dramatically change as she started reading a novel called-“Sweet Blasphemy”, which an agency sent to her, to write a report on it. In reality, she wasn’t happy and everything in her life was messed-up. All the prophets have given the same advice: Find the one who will be your mirror!Įla had an ideal life, in the eyes of the society. What matters is to find the soul that will complete yours. Sometimes it can be a child to look after.
That person can be a lover, a friend, or a spiritual master. Like a mirror that reflects what is absent rather than present, he shows you the void in your soul-the void you have resisted seeing. Or so you think, until someone comes along and makes you realize what you have been missing all this time. Bountiful is your life, full and complete. This “something” missing might be like a “mirror”.Īs Rumi says in the book. And that “something” can be felt, but can’t be explained into words, like the fourth stage of the understanding of the Quran, (the interesting four understanding levels of the Quran are given in the book). However, both of them know, something is still missing. Likewise, the Rumi was also leading a life which was complete and contented. Ela was a middle-aged happily married woman and was ideal for all who met her and see her standing a bit far from her. Same was the situation with Ela and Rumi. The people seem complete outside, but perhaps, are incomplete inside. This novel explains the love and companionship between “Shams of Tabriz” and “Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi”. There are four main characters in the story Ela, Aziz, Shams, and Rumi. This art of story in literature is called “juxtaposition”. In the novel, two parallel stories are progressing together, one from the 21 st century and other from the 13 th century. Because the novel deals with “Love”, “Spirituality”, and “Sufism”. This novel is one of the most celebrated fictions written by the author and is widely praised by the readers of different religious beliefs, which was unique and mind-boggling too. The 40 rules of love is a novel written by a female Turkish author “Elif Shafak”.