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# The Forty Rules of Love (HB) Hardcover – August 1, 2022

**Brand:** elif shafak
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- **What is this?** The Forty Rules of Love (HB) Hardcover – August 1, 2022 by elif shafak
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ poetry for the soul
*by E***A on April 24, 2025*

I know Rumi’s poems- knew nothing of Shams. This book is not for everyone, but for those seeking meaning in the changes of life and the world- very engaging and a great opportunity for thinking in positivity. Embrace love ❤️

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful Story of Rumi
*by A***S on June 16, 2021*

Ella is unhappily married when she obtains a position as a reader for a literary agency. Her first assignment is to read and report on a manuscript titled Sweet Blasphemy by an amateur writer. It is about Rumi, a poet and a spiritual leader in the history of Islam, who is also an unconventional dervish full of scandals and surprises. As she reads about his transformation, it sets her on her own revolution.Turkey, 13th century. Following God’s guidance, Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish, embarks on an inner journey of Love by traveling to Baghdad to fulfill his destiny to pass on his knowledge to another person. His journey takes him farther to Konya where he meets a respected scholar named Rumi. Shams sees the suffering of ordinary people and questions if Rumi sees them or if he is one of those scholars who fail to see those suffering “while sitting in their ivory towers.”Shams puts Rumi through “trial and tests, states and stages, each of which make Rumi look more deranged in the eyes of even his most loyal followers.” But Rumi understands a purpose of all that and it’s a purpose to serve him to become a better person. “Shams deliberately fanned the flames of gossip, touched raw nerves, and spoke words that sounded like blasphemy to ordinary ears, shocking and provoking people, even those who loved him.”Their story is intertwined with secondary characters whose sufferings enforce the powerful message of the story which is loving oneself first, to be connected with the One, to mirror what we expect in return. Everything serves a purpose. Behind all hardships there is a larger scheme. There is a group of loving supporters of Rumi and there are those who despise him. A leper questions “Why was God so unfair? To me He had given poverty, sickness, and misery. To Rumi, riches, success, and wisdom.” Why?The 13th century story is a testament to author’s incredible knowledge to weave such story with so much wisdom, wisdom you can reflect on. And it also proves the author’s incredible talent for writing, weaving seamlessly the knowledge with all the characters. Touching story, engrossingly imagined and beautifully written.P.S. I’m one of those readers for whom modern timeline doesn’t work within historical fiction; however, most of this story is set in the 13th century.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love and living in the moment
*by L***A on July 12, 2021*

I loved this book which had alternating storylines in 2017-18 in Boston, and in the thirteenth century in the Middle East. Rumi’s poetry has always moved me with it’s beauty and mystery. This is the story of Rumi and his Sufi guide. The other main character, living in this century, is a woman book editor who is disillusioned with her life and falls in love with a Middle Eastern author whose book she’s reviewing. There were many beautiful quotes from Islam and allegories that provided spiritual guidance to those searching.

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