Arabic · proper noun · People & Roles
Shams
शम्स
said shams
also written: shams-e-tabrez, shams tabrizi
Meaning
Shams of Tabriz, the wandering mystic who transformed Rumi; the 'sun' of love that kindled the poet's flame.
Literally: the sun
Related words
PERSIAN
Shams-e-Tabrez
Shams of Tabriz, the wandering mystic whose meeting transformed Rumi into a poet of ecstatic love; emblem of the spiritual master who kindles love.
PERSIAN
Rumi
Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), the great Persian Sufi poet of Konya (Rum), author of the Masnavi, the supreme exemplar of mystical poetry.