The Mathnaví. Here Rúmí tells a story of four evil birds which, when put to death, changed into four birds of goodness. The allegory refers to subduing evil qualities and replacing them with good.

Qur’án 89:27–30.

Qur’án 89:27–30.

Qur’án 41:53.

Qur’án 17:15.

Famed writers on grammar and rhetoric.

The Mathnaví.

Qur’án 59:19.

An attribute of God and one of the titles of Muḥammad.

Maqám-i-Mahmúd—Praiseworthy Station—is the rank of Prophets endowed with constancy.