California State University Northridge The Rumi and Maalouf Readings Questions I will upload the readings along with the questions. Answers should be found

California State University Northridge The Rumi and Maalouf Readings Questions I will upload the readings along with the questions. Answers should be found in pages 97-123follow page numbers that are on the in bold in the right side of the margin for Rumi and the bold page number at the top of the page for Maaloufno less than 400 words no more than 500in question one it says base interpretation on Unity of Being which is, the idea that everything around us is connected and that connectivity all comes from a single source Content Analysis Questions: Week 3
1) What does Rumi mean in the following passage from the Masnavi poem “Don’t eat baby elephants!”?
Dance where you’ll break your self, then with full trust
Tear off the plaster from your wound of lust!
Real men whirl on the battlefield, not here;
They dance in their own blood and feel no fear.
They clap when they escape the self’s control;
They dance once they’ve escaped the carnal soul.
Their minstrels play the tambourine within;
Seas surge with foam, excited by their din.
Though you can’t see them, leaves on every tree
Hanging from branches clap in ecstasy.
You can’t see leaves clap and you cannot hear—
You need the heart’s ear not the outward ear.
Block the head’s ear from lies and mockery
To see the soul’s own city vividly. (99)
Make sure your interpretation is based on the notion of Unity of Being, as discussed in the video lecture.
2) What are the common themes found in both the poems “Don’t eat baby elephants!” (p.103) and “The
difference of opinion over the nature and the shape of an elephant” (p.103)? In connection with these two
poems, what is the role of the “Sufi guide” (p. 107) in the search for divine truth?
3) With reference to your reading from Amin Maalouf’s The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, describe the
relationship between the Ayyubid sultan, al-Kamil, and the “Frankish” Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II.
What is the religious and/or political significance of Jerusalem for them? What conclusions can you draw
from what you have read about these rulers and their interactions, communications and agreements? What
does this episode from the history of the Crusades tell us about how religious faith, politics, and war are
connected?

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