The quality of the intersection of the spiritual world and the rational world in Mathnavi&#039;s secret stories

Lavzheh, Taher

doi:10.22054/ltr.2025.82017.3912

The quality of the intersection of the spiritual world and the rational world in Mathnavi's secret stories

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Taher Lavzheh

Persian Language and Literature, Payame Noor University (PNU),Tehran, Iran.

10.22054/ltr.2025.82017.3912

Abstract

Mevlânâ Jalāl al-Dīn avoids expressing intuitive revelations in his spiritual world while narrating Mathnavi stories following the dramatic style and after deep reflections, he uses prominent and precise words to face the rational world And where it provides the possibility of reconciling these two disparate worlds, it expands the imagery and content creation in the Masnavi to a great extent and clearly explains the existential dimensions of both worlds in its linguistic and rhetorical signs .The main goal of this research is to analyze the themes and examine the artistic techniques in such a verbal situation to pay attention to the message of the text, so that one can interpret how Mevlânâ's inner and outer thoughts are combined in an effective connection with the spiritual world and the rational world of the Mathnavi. This research was conducted in a descriptive-analytical manner with regard to the three secret stories of the Mathnavi. The findings show that Mevlânâ, through the use of special linguistic techniques and prominent rhetorical techniques, depicts the spiritual world in a more objective way for the audience. After describing the esoteric observations and before returning to the rational world of the Mathnavi, he demonstrates the quality of its effective and permanent connection with the spiritual world. At the moment of the connection of the two worlds, he reveals some of the most important hidden and manifest purposes derived from his Sufi teachings in relation to the two mentioned worlds.

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