Religion
Rumi/Life
His new best friend
Whirling Dervishes
Miscellaneous
100
What is the arabic word for God?
What is Allah
100
Where was Rumi born?
What is Balkh, present day Afghanistan
100
What is Rumi's best friend's name?
Who is Shams
100
What is another name for the whirling dervishes?
What is Mevlevi Order
100
What is Shams nickname
What is "the bird"
200
What is the name for a person that practices Islam?
What is Muslim
200
What year did Rumi die?
What is 1273
200
Where did Rumi and Shams meet?
What is the marketplace in Konya
200
Who started the whirling dervishes?
Who is Rumi's son
200
How many times a day does one have to pray?
What is 5
300
What are the five pillars of Islam?
What is Faith, Prayer, Fasting, Alms, Pilgrimage
300
Over how many verses of poetry did Rumi compose?
What is 70,000
300
Why does Shams leave the first time?
What is because he gets into an argument with Rumi's colleague
300
How many Selams do they do in the ritual dance sema?
What is 4
300
What is the meaning of Sema?
What is revolve
400
What does Islam mean?
What is submission to God
400
What was Rumi's father known as by his followers?
What is sultan of the scholars
400
Why does Rumi stop chasing Shams when he leaves for good?
What is because Rumi realized Shams lived with in him
400
What are the 3 fundamental components of the human nature?
What is the mind, he heart, and the body
400
How many quatrains are in Unseen Rain?
What is 166
500
Who is the prophet and messenger of God?
Who is Mohammed
500
Who inspired a lot of Rumi's work?
Who is Shams
500
What question did Shams ask Rumi in the marketplace when they first met?
What is "who is greater, the prophet Mohammed or the great teacher Betsami?"
500
What are the people in the whirling dervishes called?
What is semazen
500
What three countries claim Rumi as their national poet?
What is Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan
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