Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

Today I am going to write a comprehensive review about the wrting of Turkish author named Elif Shafak. She is the author of the 2009 publication forty rules of love. The basted of Istanbul, The architect's Apprentice, and the forty rules of love are just a few of her masterpieces. Ella, Rumi, Shams of Tabraiz, Kimiya (Rumi's adoptive daughter and student), Kierra (Rumi's wife who converted to Islam and was the Rumi's second wife), Sultan Walad and Aladin (Rumi's sons), Desert Rose, Suleiman, Baybras, and A aziz are the 10 characters in the novel. Zahra. Every chapter is told from the perspective of the characters.

The novel Forty Rules of Love combines fiction and sufism. It is about two various eras. The stories of Rumi and Shams of Tabraiz from the 13th century and homemaker Ella from the twenty-first century. How Rumi was inspired by Shams of Tabraiz and transformed into a brilliant poet as a result of their friendship. Ella was an unhappy housewife who was married at the age of 20, and all her goals vanished as a result of her becoming preoccupied with her family. She began working for a company and was given the assignment to study the book "Sweet Blasphemy" and prepare a report. The plot thus focused on her spiritual quest for real love.

There were 40 clever and beautiful principles offered in the book by Shams of Tabraiz instead of the sermons. The 40 rules of Tabraiz's dealt with friendship, belief, love and relationships with both Allah and other people. The main focus of the narrative was how Rumi and Shams of Tabraiz met. How did Rumi develop as a poet? What is a Sufi? What does a Sufi desire out of life? How do Sufis view life and the world? Shams' forty laws illustrate how love knows no bounds and is endless like the ocean.

After finishing the book, you'll see love and Sufism from a different angle. Elif Shafak portrays Shams of Tabraiz in such an inspiring way that readers are drawn to his personality and appreciate his friendship with Rumi. I think this book is a masterpiece by Shafak. Please read it; it is worthwhile.

Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book;

1. How can love be worthy of its name if one selects solely the pretty things and leaves out the hardships?

2. Don't go with the flow, Be the Flow.

3.Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.

4. Love exists within each of us from the moment we are born and waits to be discovered from then on.

5. No names or definitions exist for love. Basically, it is what it is. A lover is a soul of fire, and love is the water of life.

6. The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.

7. It is obvious that when there is love, there will be a heartache.

8. It was also quoted in the book that love finds you when you least expected love to happen.

9. When you close your eyes for the worldly things, the eye of your heart opens and that is your third eye.

10. There are No words to explain love and attachments, you can only understand these when you will experience it. we can not explain love all we can do is to experience it.

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