The rose garden of Persia . THE MOOLAH OF E&M. Jelal-ed-din ECtmi, The Moolah, was tornat Balkli, a city of Khoras-san. His father, Boha-ed-dinVeled, enjoyed distinguisliedhonours there, under the liomination of Shah MohammedKharizm. He was an enthusiastic followerof the doctrine of the Sufia, and became socelebrated as a preacher andexpounder thatpeople flocked from aU parts of Persia tohear him discourse. He died in the yearof the Hejira 631 ( 1283). His son succeeded him as head of thesect, but surpassed his father, not only inthe peculiar virtues and attainments of theSu
The rose garden of Persia . THE MOOLAH OF E&M. Jelal-ed-din ECtmi, The Moolah, was tornat Balkli, a city of Khoras-san. His father, Boha-ed-dinVeled, enjoyed distinguisliedhonours there, under the liomination of Shah MohammedKharizm. He was an enthusiastic followerof the doctrine of the Sufia, and became socelebrated as a preacher andexpounder thatpeople flocked from aU parts of Persia tohear him discourse. He died in the yearof the Hejira 631 ( 1283). His son succeeded him as head of thesect, but surpassed his father, not only inthe peculiar virtues and attainments of theSufis, but by his splendid poetical from the world, wholly absorbed inmeditation, and in a total f orgetf ulness^^^) ofhis material existence, he never appeared tomen except to reveal the august secrets ofhis mysterious doctrine, and living the most ??>Z-. A SUPI PHILOSOPHEK, 105 perfect model of a Sufi, this precious pearlof the oceaa of mysticism quitted this fragileworld in 1272, at the age of sixty-nineyears. -His famous poems are collected into ahook called KuUyat-al Mesnevy; they aregenerally regarded as the most perfect models-of the mystic style; But its ohscurity is agreat ohstacle to the thorough comprehen-sion of the compositions. There is,says Sir William Jones,, a depth and so-lemnity in his works unequalled by any poetof this class; even Hafiz must be consideredinferior to him. A Persian critic was asked how it hap-pened that the two most celebrated PersianSufi poets should differ so rnuch ia then-description of love. Hafiz observes:—Love, at first sight,appeared easy, but afterwards full of diffi-culties. The Moolah, in direct opposition, says:—Love atfirst resembles a murderer, thathe may alarm ,all who are without his Hafiz, says the critic, did notfind out tm the last what the ,wiser Moolahsaw at a g
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