Finally, to take a step without feet." This quote comes from one of Rumi's major works, the Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i (The Works of Shams of Tabriz). The work contains over 40,000 verses.

In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died, the grieving Rumi gripped a pole in his garden ...