Nevit O. Ergin (1928-2015) was the original English translator of the complete "Divan-i Kebir" and the coauthor, with Will Johnson, of "The Forbidden Rumi" and "The Rubais of Rumi". In 1955, he became an initiate in the Itlaq ( total liberation ) path of Sufism under the tutelage of Sufi master Hasan Lutfi Shushud.