Immortal Echoes, Mortal Words

Host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Recitation: Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi What does it mean to be invited by the Divine? In this episode of the Rumi Podcast, we explore Ghazal 10 from Rumi’s Diwan. This mystical poem blends Sufi spirituality, symbolism, and paradox—inviting us to reflect on God’s Mercy, Wrath, and our inner read...

Host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Recitation: Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahak Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi What is the fire that can turn spiritual night into day? In this episode of the Persian Poetry Podcast, we explore verses from Fayd Kashani's Masnavi poem: Āb-i Zulāl (Clear Water). These verses explore themes of divine love, gnosis, self-transcendence, and...

Host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Recitation: Dr. Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi In this episode of the Rumi Podcast, we dive deep into Ghazal 1828 from Rumi’s Divan-i Shams Tabrizi, exploring his mystical symbolism through the image of the camel—a metaphor for the spiritual seeker, drunk with divine love’s overwhelming pull. Rumi’...

Host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Recitation: Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi How does Rumi dramatize the soul’s struggle between divine presence and worldly distraction? In this episode of the Rumi Podcast, we explore Ghazal 2059 from Rumi’s Dīwān-i Shams Tabrīzī. This stunning poem begins with a sudden mystical utterance and spira...

Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Music: @amirmohamdmonjezi The concept of the Perfect Man (insān kāmil) lies at the heart of Islamic philosophy and mysticism, bridging the gap between the transcendent Absolute and the multiplicity of creation. In this episode, I explore Fayz (Fayḍ) Kashani’s metaphysical vision of the Perfect Man as developed in his Kalimāt-i Maknūna, where divine self-manifestation (tajall...

Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi 💫 "I have a pact with joy that it will always be mine; I have a promise with my Beloved that He will always be my soul." Rumi’s poetry redefines joy—not as a fleeting feeling, but as a spiritual commitment. In Ghazal 578, he reveals the source of eternal happiness: a love so deep that it shields the h...

Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani and Reihaneh Davoodi-Kahaki Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi In this episode, we examine Rumi's ghazal 1598 from Divan. How does love transform the pain of separation? What does it mean to invite the Divine Beloved into our hearts and surrender to His will? Join us as we explore the breathtaking metaphors of love’s healing power, the dance between longing an...