A Survey on "Quest" in Maulana's Mathnavi

Subject Areas : Persian Language and Literature

Seyyed Mohammad Khaled Ghaffari ¹ , Hassan Heidaryan ²

1 - Assistant professor of Islamic Azad university، Sanandaj Branch.
2 - M.A student of Persian Language and Literature Islamic Azad university،Sanandaj Branch.

Received: 2010-08-01 Accepted : 2010-10-13 Published : 2011-02-20

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Abstract :

According to most of mystics, the first stage in the mystical conduct is the man's desire to return to his homeland. This desire and willpower to return to origin (Everything returns to its origin) is flowing, not only in humans, but also in all substances.                                                                                         The faces of particulars are set towards the universals nightingales   Play game of love with the rose. (Mathnavi, 1/767).That which is of the sea is going to the sea: it is going to the place , Whence it came. (Mathnavi, 1/771).From the mountain the swift-rushing torrent, and from our body the soul , Whose motion is inspired by love. (Mathnavi, 1/772). Molavi also from the very beginning of his verses in Mathnavi (Ney Name) starts his speech by inviting people to listening to the sufferings of Ney for being abandoned from Neystan. Since all the researchers believe that all Mathnavi has been summarized in the eighteen verses of Ney Name, Maulana's Mathnavi is the story of this desire and many of the tales interpreted by Maulana, aim to inflame the fire of desire in seeker and mystic traveler's heart. This paper aims at investigating the" Quest" subject from Maulana's point of view. Maulana's special belief in Mathnavi is discussed after some Sufi masters and ideas introduce. The manner of researching in this essay is mainly rational analysis and library method. Since Mathnavi has been composed full of emotions, mystic singing and dancing, mystical points have been interpreted and scattered among his stories. So, to find out Molana's point of view in each of them, one cannot help searching all six volumes of Mathnavi in great detail and care. This research is an effort to collect Molana's view points regarding quest in logical and systematic method to leave no need for researchers of Mathnavi's mystical ideas to go through all six volumes of Mathnavi for this topic.