Synopsis
"A novel enclosed by a novel, The Forty Rules of Love tells two parallel stories that coincide each other across two very different cultures and seven intervening centuries." [9] It starts when a housewife, Ella, gets a book called Sweet Blasphemy for an appraisal. [10] This book is about a thirteenth century poet, Shams Tabrizi, who was the spiritual teacher to Rumi. [9] The book presents Shams's Forty Love Rules at different intervals. [11] [12] Sweet Blasphemy was structured in a way to focus on the five elements of nature: Water, Air, Earth, Fire and Void. The chapters in each section revealed a story in line with the nature of each element. [13] The story presented in the novel is based on "love and spirituality that explains what it means to follow your heart". [14]
The letter "b"
Every chapter of the book starts with letter "b". [10] It is because the secret of Quran lies in Surah Al-Fatiha and its spirit is contained in the phrase Bismillah ir Rehman ir Rahim (In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent and the most Merciful). [15] The first Arabic letter of the Bismillah has a dot below it that symbolizes the Universe as per Sufism thoughts. [16]
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