“Rumi and Shams teach us not only the importance of
friendship as a civilizing conduct in the affairs of men, but also how
important it is to identify friendship with a power that is not of ourselves.”
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The life of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi—One
of Islam’s most celebrated poet, scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic—change
when he met a man named Shams of Tabriz who visited Konya in 1226. Shams of
Tabriz search for a man who could understand his connection and views of God,
and he finally found it in Rumi. They become some kind of soul-bonded friends,
both Rumi and Shams find the love for God in their mutual love as friends. Warriors of Love contains new interpretation
by James Cowan of some poems that Rumi created for his dearest friend, Shams of
Tabriz, as well as his love of God.
