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3.Rumi expresses himself as neither a Muslim
nor an infidel

We are infidels of love, Muslim is something else. (Abdulbaki
Gölpınarlı, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi Hayatı Eserleri Felsefesi, Inkılap Publi-
cations, Istanbul/1985, 4th edition, p.298)

There is a World outside Islam and disbelief

We are enamoured of the atmosphere therein.

The mystic lays down his head when he reaches there.

There is neither Islam nor Disbelief in this place. (Afzal Iqbal,
The Life and Work of Jalal ud-Din Rumi, p.166; Abdulbaki Gölpınarlı,
Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi Hayatı Eserleri Felsefesi, Inkılap Publications,
Istanbul/1985, 4th edition, p. 298)

THERE lies a desert

Past faith and infidelity
….

For there abideth

Nor infidelity, nor faith. (The Rubaiyat of Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Select
translations into English Verse by A.J. Arberry, 1949, Beyond Faith, p.39;

Abdulbaki Gölpınarlı, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi Hayatı Eserleri Felsefesi,
Inkılap Publications, Istanbul/1985, 4th edition, p.198)

There is no such thing as Islam or infidels! (Maulana Rumi
Online: 100 Selected Rumi Poems)