Today Rumi’s primary work, the Masnavi, is read in Islamic communities worldwide, but Muslims are hardly the only pilgrims to Konya for Şeb-i-Arus. “People from everywhere get together here ...

His major work is Masnavi-ye Manavi (Spiritual Couplets). This is a six-volume poem regarded by many Sufis as second in importance only to the Qur'an. Rumi conceived of music, poetry and dancing ...