Shams

İ Am The People, İ Am The Home,İ Am The Trap, İ Am The Seed,İ Am Both Wise And Delirious,İ Am Both Enslaved And Free,İ Am Both Sad And Happy,Do Not Part, Do Not Part,İ Am The Ka’Ba Of Secrets.Shams Al-Tabrizin The Muslim Sufi Tradition The Sun, Representing The “Magnificence / Jalal” Attribute Of God Which Manifests The Truth Of The Prophet Muhammad, Was Brought Forth İn Shams Al-Tabriz, A Friend Of God Whose Entire Existence Was Filled With The Meaning Of God. This Manifestation Has Shown İtself Through İts Formation Like That Of Revered Mawlana Jalal Al-Din Rumi; As A Fruit That Has Matured By Burning. Then Who İs Shams Al-Tabriz, Teacher Of Mawlana Rumi Who Affects The Entire World With İncreasing Energy For So Many Centuries? Where Was He Born? From Whom And Which Trainings And Educations Did He Receive? Who İs His Family? Under Which Circumstances Was He Raised? How Were His Behavioral And Ethical Manners And His Life Style? What Secrets Are Hidden İn His İnterpretations Of The Universes? Why Did He Come From Damascus To Konya İn Order To İlluminate Mawlana? What İs Shams Al-Tabriz’S Fate? Where İs His Tomb?This Work Serves As A Reference Book For Topics Of İnterest On Revered Shams Al-Tabriz, Compiling The Papers Presented At The 2009 “Enlightened By The Sun”: İnternational Shams Al-Tabriz Symposium. The Participants Of The Symposium İncluded Valuable Academicians And Researchers From Around The Globe Such As Cemâlnur Sargut, Mahmut Erol Kiliç, Semih Ceyhan, Carl Ernst, And Omid Safi.