ZEHRA A ./ FADİME ULU / ŞEHİT ÜMİT ÖZET MIDDLE SCHOOL GÖLBAŞI ADIYAMAN TÜRKİYE MEVLANA AND TOLERANCE Every year , an international commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary of Rumi ’ s union with God is held in Konya between December 7 and17 . What Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi tells us through centuries is first and foremost tolerance and love When we use or hear the term “ su sm ” automatically Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi comes to our mind . The 13th century Islamic scholar Mevlana had focused on tolerance and divine love . Even after centuries his teachings and Su thoughts still play a very important role both in Muslim and Non-Muslim societies . Born into a Turkic family in present-day Afghanistan in 1207 , Rumi is one of the most widely read Su scholars across the world , whose teachings have transcended boundaries of race , color and religion . With his book Masnavi , which was penned after losing his close friend – a wandering dervish called Shams Tabrizi – Rumi focused on tolerance and divine love . According to Mevlana Rumi , love is the only thing necessary to attain God . A plant or an animal may also love , but it is only man who has the capacity to love with his body , mind and thoughts .