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The Mawlawi Order, or the Mevlevilik or Mevleviye (Persian: مولويه - Mowlawīya) are a Sufi order founded in Konya (in present-day Turkey) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi Rumi], a 13th century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and [[Theology|theologian]]. They are also known as the '''Whirling Dervishes''' due to their famous [[practice]] of whirling as a form of dhikr ([[remembrance]] of [[God]]). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi path; the whirling is part of the [[formal]] Sema [[ceremony]] and the participants are properly known as semazens.

The Mawlawi Order, or the Mevlevilik or Mevleviye (Persian: مولويه - Mowlawīya) are a Sufi order founded in Konya (in present-day Turkey) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi Rumi], a 13th century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and [[Theology|theologian]]. They are also known as the '''Whirling Dervishes''' due to their famous [[practice]] of whirling as a form of dhikr ([[remembrance]] of [[God]]). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi path; the whirling is part of the [[formal]] Sema [[ceremony]] and the participants are properly known as semazens.

==Origin==

==Origin==

The origin of Sema is credited to Rumi, Sufi master and creator of the Mawlawi's. The [[story]] of the [[creation]] of this [[unique]] form of dhikr is that Rumi was walking through the town marketplace one day when he heard the [[rhythm]]ic hammering of the goldbeaters. It is believed that Rumi heard the dhikr, "la elaha ella'llah" or in [[English]], "no god, but God" in the apprentices beating of the gold and so [[Trance|entranced]] in [[happiness]] he stretched out both of his arms and started spinning in a [[circle]]. With that the [[practice]] of Sema and the dervishes of the Mevlevi order were born.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirling_dervish]

The origin of Sema is credited to Rumi, Sufi master and creator of the Mawlawi's. The [[story]] of the [[creation]] of this [[unique]] form of dhikr is that Rumi was walking through the town marketplace one day when he heard the [[rhythm]]ic hammering of the goldbeaters. It is believed that Rumi heard the dhikr, "la elaha ella'llah" or in [[English]], "no god, but God" in the apprentices beating of the gold and so [[Trance|entranced]] in [[happiness]] he stretched out both of his arms and started spinning in a [[circle]]. With that the [[practice]] of Sema and the dervishes of the Mevlevi order were born.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirling_dervish]

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