The Effect of the Pre-period of Shams on Mawlana's Scientific and Spiritual Personality Formation

Abstract

Mawlana Jalaladdin Rumi had lived in the guest and effort throughout his life. Thanks to this effort he was the one of the great scholars in his era. After meeting with Shams Tabrizi some changes took place in his inner world. Mawlana found himself in the personality of Shams and his Lord in his own personality. Besides that Mawlana's previous life from Shams as important as Sham's touch in his development of scientific-spiritual personality. Because, Mawlana had started to be effected by his environment and era since the years of Balkh. Mawlana's father Sultanu'l-Ulema ( Sultan of Scholars) Bahaeddin Veled was a great scholar and he was being wellcomed respectfully anywhere he went during the migration. So, Mawlana met great scholars and was effected by them. His knowledge level he reached in his fathers' health increased thanks to Seyyid Burhaneddin. He taught him Islamic myscticism. So, Mawlana had a mystic depth. Shams he met at the end of this process was a spark that burnt Mawlana.