Buy The Illuminated Rumi by Rumi, Jalal Al-Din, Barks, Coleman, Green, Michael (ISBN: 9780767902700) from Amazon's Book Store. Late last night I began reading it thoroughly and trying to digest each of his poems, quotes and reflections as well as the story of how Rumi and Shams actually met. Translations of Rumi's writings by the contemporary poet Coleman Barks have sold more than 500,000 copies since 1981. His father, Bahauddin Walad, was a theologian and jurist and a mystic of uncertain lineage.

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The name Rumi means "from Roman Anatolia." The Illuminated Rumi is a truly groundbreaking collaboration that interweaves word and image: a magnificent meeting of ancient tradition and modern interpretation that uniquely captures the spiritual wealth of Rumi's teachings. Now acclaimed illustrator Michael Green -- who collaborated with Barks on The Illuminated Rumi -- has produced a new and fabulous mystic fusion of sacred poetry and art. Rumi has always touched my heart and I love listening to Coleman Barks read him aloud so I decided to purchase this book .

"The Illuminated Rumi" is a truly groundbreaking collaboration that interweaves word and image: a magnificent meeting of ancient tradition and modern interpretation that uniquely captures the spiritual wealth of Rumi's teachings. The Illuminated Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks, Michael Green contributor, New York: Broadway Books, 1997 ISBN 978-0-7679-0002-7. He was not known by that name, of course, until after his family, flee-ing the threat of the invading Mongol armies, emigrated to Konya, Turkey, sometime between iZi and izzo. The Masnavi: Book One , translated by Jawid Mojaddedi, Oxford World's Classics Series, Oxford University Press, 2004 ISBN 978-0-19-280438-9 . The Illuminated Rumi is a truly groundbreaking collaboration that interweaves word and image: a magnificent meeting of ancient tradition and modern interpretation that uniquely captures the spiritual wealth of Rumi's teachings. The Illuminated Rumi is a truly groundbreaking collaboration that interweaves word and image: a magnificent meeting of ancient tradition and modern interpretation that uniquely captures the spiritual wealth of Rumi's teachings.