The Forty Rules of Love is a novel written by Turkish author Elif Shafak, The book was published in March 2009. It is about Maulana Jalal-Ud-Din, known as Rumi, and his companion Shams Tabrizi. This book explains how Shams transformed a scholar into a Sufi through love. The story presented in the novel is basically on "love and spirituality that explains what it means to follow your heart".

چهل قاعده عشق، رمانی‌ست که الیف شافاک نویسنده ترک نوشته و در مارس 2009 منتشر شده. این کتاب در مورد مولانا جلال الدین، معروف به مولوی و همراهش شمس تبریزی هست. کتاب توضیح می‌ده که چطوری شمس از طریق عشق یک دانشمند رو به صوفی تبدیل کرد. داستان ارائه شده در رمان اساساً "عشق و معنویت هست که توضیح می‌ده پیروی از قلبتون چه معنایی داره".

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An attractive part of the book :

Rule 9 from the book:

East, west, south, or north makes little difference.

No matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey a journey within.

If you travel within, you’ll travel the whole wide world and beyond.

“ Shams Tabrizi ”