Rumi's Mystical Interpretations Of The Qur'anic Story Of Joseph In Masnavi

Subject Areas : comparative literature

Ali Hatami ¹ , malehmohammad farookhzad ²

1 - Employee of a Tv statione
2 - Islamic Azad University of Saveh faculty member

Received: 2018-08-16 Accepted : 2019-01-11 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: Zulaykha, Joseph, Masnavi, Qur&#039, an, Egypt,

Abstract :

One of the reasons for the formation of mystical language is an interpretive approach in Qur'an. because expressed much of the concepts in the form of stories in Qur'an. one of these stories is the story of prophet Yusuf. according to Qur'an, Yusuf Surah, Joseph's life is full of bitter and sweet events . Rumi has spiritual harvest various events in the life of Joseph and he has used many of the events and characters in code and allegory in Masnavi. is tried in this research that discover and express these mystical interpretations of symbols and allegories and For this purpose first the story of Joseph in Qur'an were studied and then was written main text based on historical events. Joseph in Masnavi is symbol of a spirit that be caught in the dark well of body then it comes out from this well with God's grace sling and goes toward egypt perfection. dreams and their interpretations are referring to the mystical intuition of Joseph mystic and the perfect man, in Rumi 's opinion dream is a window to the world of intuition and inspiration that liberates the soul from the prison of body and the world. and Zulaykha is symbol of a wayfarer that arrives to true love from virtual love bridge and arrives to the fountainhead of truth from the manifestation of the beauty of God that is Joseph as a perfect human.