The quatrains in discourses of Shams-e Tabrizi are not by Rumi

Of the 197 Persian verses in the discourses of Shams, half of which are devoted to quatrains, at least 40 quatrains are found in the Divan-e Kabir and in the Rumi's prose works. as among the other types of poetry included in Shams' discourses, there are verses in Rumi's lyrical poetry, which at first sight is considered the main source for the poems of Shams' discourses; in the annotations of Shams' discourses Professor Movahed also simply by finding a quatrain or verse in the Divan-e Kabir, and considered it as the source for Shams' exemplification. with the exception of a few cases, and considering the older sources that have been found and introduced in some researches, for each of the Persian verses of Shams' discourses, it can now be said with certainty that there is no poem by Rumi in the discourses of Shams. And the common poems of Shams' discourses and Rumi's works show the astonishing influence of Shams on Rumi and indicate that Rumi not only took Shams's words and teachings to considered it valuable and included them among the verses of the Masnavi and the Divan. Rather, even the verses of others that have flowed on Shams' tongue, he has always kept on his lips as precious and inspiring souvenirs. The disciples who heard these verses from his mouth, thinking that they were his own compositions, and registered them in his name.This article only discusses the sources and composers of the quatrains of Shams' discourses, and older written sources are mentioned for most of them.