Investigating and analyzing the Meaningful Components of Life from Rumi's Viewpoint
مطالعات ادیان و عرفان تطبیقی July 1, 2023 Valiyollah Nasiri, Mehran Najafi Hajivar
Rumi's poetry explores the meaning of life through philosophical and mystical components, including sadness, happiness, self-knowledge, and death awareness. A key teaching is that self-knowledge gives life purpose: by knowing oneself, one discovers that existence and God reside within the soul. The article uses content analysis and a descriptive-analytical method to examine these themes in the Mathnawi, arguing that Rumi presents life's dimensions—material, spiritual, worldly, eternal, animal, and human—as accessible only through a compassionate intellect.