โIf we are the same person before and after we loved, that mean we havenโt loved enough
-Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐. ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ป๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ . ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐บ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐. ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐๐, ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐พ. ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ป๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐พ. ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ป๐ ๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐บ๐. ๐จ๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ผ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐, ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐พ, ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐, ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐พ๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ.
A forty-year-old, Ella is a devoted housewife and mother. She waived her livelihood and happiness to heed her household in Boston and Aziz, a writer dwells in Amsterdam, fell in love in the most startling ways. Everybody believed that Aziz is the reincarnation of Shams of Tabriz (a dervish).
Society judged Ella and it wasnโt the cakewalk for her either to fall in love in the mid-age when she was barely inclined to abide the idea of love. But the gospel reality is that love is the aroma and intent of life and it hits everybody, including those who scorn love and even those who use the word โromanticโ as a sign of gripe.
Elif Shafak showcased the Sufi facet of love which brings the divinity and piety in the identities. The cover of the book is delightful and the touch of Islamic setting enhances its glamour.
The author aspires to unearth the need of care and belongingness from the victims of the cartel-beggar, drunk, harlot, leper; to the superiors like Shams of Tabriz and Rumi, and not overrating societal boundaries is something I liked most.
The Forty Rules of Love is a sober paced book which clutches your interest till the end. The citations used by Elif in the book was as simple and powerful as its cover.
And, how can I not mention that this book is full of fancy quotes that I couldnโt resist penning down. Highly Recommended