The Backgrounds and Incentives of the Prophets,:union: in Rumi's Mathnawi

Abstract

The spirituality and nobility of Rumi's Mathnawi are indebted to
different factors of which taking various and artistic advantages from the
Holy Qurān can probably be considered as the foremost ones.
Undoubtedly, a group of spiritual benefits and informative lessons of
Mathnawi is taken through deliberation on the sayings and behaviors of the
messengers of God mentioned in the Holy Book.
The present paper tries, as far as possible, to clarify some of these
ethical and mystical teachings centered on the theme of :::union::: of
messengers of God. Hence, in the first section, the author has introduced
and classified teachings related to the integration of messengers as the basic
theoretical reference of Rumi. The subtitles of this section are such as: The
integration of messengers in the source of call, the common duties and
purposes of their prophetic mission and the sameness of the Holy Qurān
with early scriptures. In the second part, through various subtitles such as
the similarity of messengers of God in personality, invitation and goals are,
the impact of the same subject on the Mathnawi illustrated.
The Fresh matter of the paper is that the addressees of Mathnawi,
through following Rumi's spiritual and instructive manner in using of the
Holy Book, can realize the secret of the scriptures, then, by finding out the
similarities and samenesses of God's messengers, the readers can attain

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  • Receive Date: 29 January 2023
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  • Accept Date: 29 January 2023
  • Publish Date: 20 March 2008