These resources will get you started as you learn about Rumi, Sufism, and the poetry of Rumi. This is not an exhaustive list. You are welcome, and encouraged to do your own research, just please make sure that it comes from a credible source.

http://www.rumi.org.uk/life.html

http://www.poemhunter.com/mewlana-jalaluddin-rumi/biography/

http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/sources/rumi_biography.html

http://www.khamush.com/bio.htm

http://islam.uga.edu/Sufism.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/subdivisions/sufism_1.shtml

http://www.nimatullahi.org/what-is-sufism/

http://ias.org/sufism/

http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/rumipoetry1.html

http://www.rumi.org.uk/poetry/

http://www.rumipoetryclub.com

Jalāl, Al-Dīn Rūmī, and Coleman Barks. The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems. San Francisco: Harper SanFrancisco, 2001. Print.   

Jacobs, Alan. Poetry for the Spirit: An Original Anthology of Insightful Poems. [New York]: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Print.

www.noteflight.com

www.musescore.org

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