Rumi was a charming, wealthy nobleman, a genius theologian and a brilliant but sober scholar, who in his late thirties met a wandering and wild holy man(darwaish) by the name of Shams.
In Rumi's own words, after meeting Shams he was transformed from a bookish, sober scholar to an impassioned seeker of truth and love.
One day Rumi was reading next to a large stack of books.
Shams Tabriz, passing by, asked him, "What are you doing?"
Rumi scoffingly replied, "Something you cannot understand." (This is knowledge that cannot be understood by the unlearned.)
On hearing this, Shams threw the stack of books into a nearby pool of water.
Rumi hastily rescued the books and to his surprise they were all dry.
Rumi then asked Shams, "What is this?"
To which Shams replied, " This is what you cannot understand." (This is knowledge that cannot be understood by the learned).
After several years with Rumi in konya , Shams left and settled in kohy . As the years passed, Rumi attributed more and more of his own poetry to Shams as a sign of love for his departed friend and master. In Rumi's poetry Shams becomes a guide of Allah's (Creator) love for mankind; Shams was a sun ("Shams" means "Sun" in Arabic) shining the Light of Sun as guide for the right path evading darkness for Rumi's heart, mind and body on earth. The source of Shams' teachings was the knowledge of Ali ibn abu Talib (R.A).
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