Love Is My Savior

Th e poems of the thirteenth-century Islamic teacher, scholar, and poet, Muhammad Jalal al Din al-Balkhi, known to us as Rumi, have shaped Muslim culture for centuries. Th ey still stand, aft er eight hundred years, as relevant and vital. Rumi speaks to us of unchanging spiritual realities and the universal quest for inner peace. His poems make a convincing argument for the central role of love, not only in Islamic texts and traditions, but in the consciousness of the human race. Rumi found in mystical poetry a vehicle for the expression of the endless spiritual bounties of love.