Shams Tabrizi: "True Companionship: Beauty & Flaws" | Discourse 5 of the Maqalat
Producer, Cinematographer, and Host: Dr. Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Co-host: Dr. Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki
In this episode, I explore a deeply personal passage from Shams Tabrizi’s Maqālāt. Here, Shams reflects on his relationship with Rumi, saying: “Rumi has beauty—he saw my beauty, but not my ugliness. This time I will show both, so he sees me as I truly am.” For Shams, spiritual companionship is not built on pretense, but on honesty—revealing both virtues and flaws. He goes further: when someone listens to his speech, they would grow “cold” and distant towards others’ speech. He means that once a seeker follows true spiritual guides, they no longer find worldly or superficial instructors satisfying. Real wisdom creates a new hunger that cannot be fed by mere appearances or materialistic teachings.
This discourse invites us to reflect on authenticity in spiritual friendship, the courage to show both strengths and weaknesses, and the transformative effect of encountering real truth.
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Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
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21 Aug 2026
Fayz Kashani: Between Poetry & Prose | Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjeziPoetry has always been more than art in Persian poetic tradition—it is a vessel of wisdom, ethics, and spiritual transformation. In this episode of the Persian Poetry Podcast, we explore the profound verses of Fayḍ Kāshānī, a Safavid-era philosopher, mystic, theologian, exegete, and poet. We recite the original Farsi verses and offer deep English interpretations, showing how Fayḍ viewed poetry not as “mere verse” but as pure wisdom—a transformative language that awakens the soul. His poetry bridges reason and imagination, philosophy and mysticism, longing and gnosis. The episode highlights how poetry helps us confront ethical questions, overcome despair, and find spiritual clarity in contemporary life. Relevance today? Fayḍ’s insights remind us that rational discourse alone cannot heal the heart—sometimes only poetry can sweep away grief, cultivate longing, and open us to divine truth. His verses remain timeless invitations to inner transformation, calling us to balance reason, love, and wisdom in our personal and spiritual journeys.
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani#PersianPoetry #MysticalPoetry #Sufism #SpiritualWisdom #iran #PersianMysticism
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