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Accordingly, various theories though for the scope of this
about the nature of religious paper only some paradigm
language were proposed. examples of the poems will
In this paper, regarding be stated.
such theories, we aim to On the other hand, Rumi is
investigate the nature of not only one of the greatest
religious language from Jalal-’d-din Iranian poets, but has also
Mohammad Rumi’s view on always been considered as
the basis of his poems, from one of the most prominent
his famous Divan, known as figures in Islamic mysticism.
“Masnavi-ye Ma'navi”. Rumi has also been described
Jalalu-’d-din Mohammad as the “most popular poet”
Rumi (1207-1273), also known (Haviland, 2007) and the
as Jalalu-’d-din Mohammad “best selling poet” in the
Balkhi, Mawlavi and Mawlana, America. (Tompkins, 2002;
is regarded as one of the Ciabattari, 2014)
greatest Iranian poets. So, it seems that Rumi’s
Also, “Masnavi”, whose ideas, in particular his mystic
complete name is “Masnavi-ye and religious opinions, deserve
Ma’navi” (also written as to be reinvestigated from a
Mathnavi and Mathnawi), new point of view by using
includes almost 26,000 verses some frameworks that have
in 6 books, which to find Rumi’s been mainly provided by the
view we have examined philosophers of language and
almost all of these verses religion during the past century.
(and of course, not Rumi’s In this paper, firstly, the
other treatises and books), main seven theories about the
