A whirling dervish
(ca. 1867).

Followers of Persian founded the Mawlawiyah dervishes in 1273.

They spin to musical accompaniment as a form of dhikr (remembrance of God).

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In verità siamo
una sola anima,Tu e Io
Appariamo e ci nascondiamo
Tu in me,Io in te.
Poiché fra te e me
non esistono né Tu,né Io
Siamo ebbri della coppa eterna.
Siamo l’acqua di giovinezza
e colui che la versa.

Jalāl al-DīnRūmī




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Mawlānā Rūmī’s first encounter with Shams al-Dīn-i Tabrīzī.

Though he did not know it at the time, Rūmī’s meeting with the wandering mystic (qalandar) Shams al-Dīn would change his life and Islamic mysticism forever.

Mawlānā later wrote about it: (1/5)

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