Rumi’s Ontology

Subject Areas : Christianity

حبیب  بشیرپور ¹ (ندارد)
طاهره  حاج ابراهیمی ² (ندارد)

Received: 2011-07-13 Accepted : 2011-08-17 Published : 2012-03-20

Keywords: Rumi, realm of existence, Love, God, Manifestation, Truth, existence,

Abstract :

For Rumi the entire world of creation is the manifestation of the uniqueglory of God, in which God has revealed Himself in accordance withthe creatures’ capacities and faculties. Therefore, he describes theworld as a mirror that constantly reflects the God’s face. For him wholeparts of the realm of existence are full of meaning and following hismaster, Shams Tabrīzī, he believes that God is manifested in this verymeaning. Rumi invites people to observe this meaning by purifyingtheir minds and selves. Sometimes in Rumi’s ontology the bipolarworld changes into an indivisible and simple existence consisted ofdifferent levels. He sees no “discord” in the realm of existence but hedescribes the world as the place of “union” with God so every bit of itis full of meaning. Therefore from Rumi’s viewpoint the realm ofexistence is full of joy and passion and every part of it goes through theway of perfection