The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi ( Elif Shafak )

 The Forty Rules of Love is a novel written by the Turkish author Elif Shafak, Her interest in writing this book was influenced by the degree she received in Gender and Women’s Studies. The book was published in March 2009. It is about Maulana Jalal-Ud-Din, known as Rumi and his companion Shams Tabrizi.This book explains how Shams transformed a scholar into a Sufi (mystic) through love.