Download or read book Selected Poems written by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana) and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2004 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jelaluddin Rumi was a 13th-century philosopher, mystic, scholar and founder of the Whirling Dervishes. He was also an inspirational poet, and this collection of his work shows the themes that underpin his verses - tolerance, goodness, the experience of God and awareness through love.