Jami

Nur ad -Din Abdur Rahman Jami (Persian نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی, DMG Nūr od -Din 'Abd or- Rahman Ǧāmi; Jami and also with title Maulana; * August 18, 1414 in the territory of Jam in the province of Khorasan, † 19 November. , 1492 in Herat ) was a Persian mystic and poet (see Sufism ). He belonged to the Naqshbandi Tariqa, which in the territory of present-day Afghanistan (West Afghanistan) and Central Asia played a politically and culturally important role at that time, and is considered the last classic poet of classical Persia.

Life

From the mosque autobiography shows that he already visited a school at a young age. In addition to reading and writing, he studied the Koran, then linguistics, logic, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, Islamic law ( Shari'a ) and the hadith literature.

Later he settled in the city of Samarkand, and pursued there more studies with the most well-known scholar Tabrizi. Through his company Jami caught the attention of celebrities from Samarkand and his works were so to a high degree of popularity.

After nine years, he returned to Herat and held a chair at one erected by King Shahrukh school. One says Jami mastered every branch of science of his time and was also a respected authors of commentaries have been.

His knowledge also included Sufism, whereby it often with the famous Shaykh Ibn Arabi († 1240) compares. In fact, he even wrote a series of critical comments and explanations to one of his works.

Around the age of 60 or 64 years, he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Then he visited Syria, Egypt and Iraq.

Jami walked through the difficult stages on the path of the Naqshbandi Order in a relatively short time and reached a high degree of perfection. After the death of his Shaykh Kashghari he was instructed by Khwaja Ahrar. These two Sufis seem to have influenced him in his spirituality the most.

The posterity leaves Jami total of 81 books on various topics, including collections of poems, stories, explanations of works by other well-known Sufi, philosophical and philological treatises and even a book of puzzles, which were very popular in the former Persian-speaking world.

Mosque in Herat modest grave is visited today by devout Muslims from around the world.

Literary works

• Nafahāt al - us ( puffs of familiarity ): Biography of the most important Islamic holy
• Lavā'ih ( flashes of light ): A well-known treatise on mysticism
• Baharistan ( Spring Garden ): anecdotes in verse and prose, by Saadi rose garden.
• Divan -e sigāna ( The triple sofa ): collection of poems from the mosque youth, adulthood and old age
• Detention Aurang ( Seven Thrones ), a seven-part Epenzyklus which builds in part on the five epics of Nizami: Silsilat az- zahab ( The Chain of Gold): moral anecdotes
• Subhat ul- Abrar ( The Rosary of the Pious ): further anecdotes, after Nizami's treasury of secrets
• Salaman and Absal: Tragic love story of a prince and his nurse.
• Tuhfat ul- Ahrar ( The Gift of the Free )
• Yūsuf and Zulaikha: The Koran ( and biblical ) love story of Joseph, the son of the patriarch Jacob, and the wife of Potiphar. This epic was particularly famous. In the tradition of Islamic mysticism here Josef appears as the divine beauty in person and Zulaikha as a true lover that needs to get rid of their marriage.
• Laila and Majnun: The unfortunate love of two Arabs, whose trunks are enemies, after Nizami. However, Jami sees the history clearly an allegory of the love of the soul to God
• Kheradnāma -yi Iskandarī ( The Book of the reason Alexander ), after Nizami Alexander book.

Expenditure

• XVI Century Miniatures Illustrating Manuscript Copies of the Works of Jami from the USSR Collections. Moskva (Moscow)
• Salman and Absal of Abd -al- Rahman Jami. Academy of Sciences and the Writer 's Association. Tajik SSR 1977