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International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (30): 51-89, Serial Number 2, Spring 2022

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

The Nature of Religious Language from Rumi’s Point of View

1*
Dr. Mirsaeid Mousavi Karimi , Dr. Hamideh Tehrani Haeri 2

1. * Associate Professor in Department of Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Philosophy,
Mofid University, Qom, Iran, (Corresponding Author)
2. Department of Persian and Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature,
Humanities and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University (Science and Research Branch),
Tehran, Iran, htehranih26@gmail.com
We appreciate our family, for helping us to compile the this paper.

ARTICL INFO ABSTRACT
Article History: SUBJECT AND OBJECTIVES: Mystical literature has provided an

Received: 19 February 2022 extensive area in which the nature of religious language, as a
Revised: 24 April 2022 common topic of philosophy and religion, can be considered from a
Accepted: 23 May 2022 mystical point of view as well. In the meantime, the large collection
of “Masnavi-ye Ma'navi” is a paradigm example of mystical texts
Key Words: that helps investigate the views of its creator, Jalalu-’d-din
Religious Language
Mohammad Rumi on the nature of religious language. Rumi
(Mawlawi, Mawlana) is one of the greatest Iranian poets and
Masnavi-ye Ma'navi
probably one of the most renewed poets in world literature.

Rumi’s Point of View METHOD AND FINDING: This paper, which was conducted with the
method of qualitative research and documentary review of Rumi
DOI: poems, is organized as follows: First, the seven main theories about
10.22034/IMJPL.2022.6992 the nature of religious language will be explained briefly. Then, some
paradigm examples of “Masnavi” in which Rumi has expressed his
DOR: views about religious language will be interpreted. Finally, it will be
20.1001.1.26767619.2022.9.30.2.5 shown that, according to Rumi, religious language is mainly
symbolic, then analogous, followed by univocal, and lastly equivocal.

CONCLUSION: In the conclusion of the research, there will be a brief
explanation of the reason behind the aforementioned order, which
shows why Muslim mystics, as one of the main four groups of
Muslim scholars, have chosen such a view about religious language.

* Corresponding Author: Article Address Published on the Journal Site:
Email: msmkarimi@mofidu.ac.ir http://p-l.journals.miu.ac.ir/article_6992.html
ORCID: 0000-0001-7842-8427

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