Shams-al-Din

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Shams-al-Din is a Sunni Islamic honorif given to Islamic scholars. The name means "Sun of Belief", implying being a radiant beliver. People hored thuse include:

• Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya
• Shams-al-Din al-Kermani
• Shams al-Din Muhammad of Tabriz ^[1]
• Khajeh Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi ^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/bashiri/Poets/Rumi.html
2. ^ http://www2.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/far/hobbies/iran/Gazal/frame2/hafez_intro.html