The House of Silence: The Meeting of Mawlānā Jālāl al-Din Balkhi and Shams-e Tabrizi

Subject Areas : Mytho

ابراهیم  استاجی ¹ (استادیار زبان و ادبیات فارسی دانشگاه تربیت معلم سبزوار)

Received: 2015-05-25 Accepted : 2015-05-25 Published : 2010-06-22

Keywords: Shams-e Tabrizi, Mawlānā Jālāl al-Din Balkhi, Divān-e-Shams, Mystical Silence,

Abstract :

  In Islamic mysticism, the idea of “silence” refers to a method of meditation and is means for purification of the carnal soul. In Persian language 'Khamush', meaning silent, mute, or quite, is a word which Mawlānā Jālāl al-Din Balkhi frequently used in his poetry. In Divān-e-Shams, hundreds of odes end with 'khamush'. Some scholars are of the opinion that Mawlānā used nom de plume 'Khamush' in his poetry, hence the numerous references are made to the word 'Khamush' at the end of his odes. And some scholars believe that Shams-e Tabrizi tought the art of “silence” to Mawlānā that helped him change from a respected professor of theology into a lover of God.