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The Nature of Religious Language… M. Mousavi Karimi and H. Tehrani Haeri / (85
language might be because initially prior to the equivocal
Rumi’s poetical view has a language. Therefore, regarding
preference over his mystical Rumi’s theological belief, the
view. same priority is seen in his
“Masnavi”.
The comparison between In sum, comparing the
equivocal and univocal languages positions of all four theses in
shows that t Rumi believes “Masnavi”, it could be
that in the Quran the latter concluded that Rumi’s poetry
has been used more than the and mystical view is
former. overwhelmingly superior to
A proper explanation for his theological opinion. This
this can be that Rumi, from a means that Rumi was mainly
well-known, kalam point of under the influence of mystics
view, was theologically Ash’ari. rather than theologians.
The followers of this school, Of course, a valid judgment
known as Asha`irah, had a about Rumi’s view concerning
kind of formalistic view religious language needs a
about the interpretation of the comprehensive literature survey
Quran. They insisted that an across all his works, whereas
interpreter of the Quran in this paper, the scope of the
should remain as faithful as discussion has been limited
possible with regards to the only to his famous book of
apparent meaning of its verses. “Masnavi”.
That is, according to this However, regarding Rumi’s
school, the univocal approach other great work, “Divan Shams
toward religious language is Tabrizi”, it can be said that
