Unity of Religion from the Rumi’s Point of View

Subject Areas : Christianity

عبدالرضا مظاهری ^{1 *}

1 - ندارد

Received: 2011-06-08 Accepted : 2011-07-13 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: The innate God-given religion, Pluralism, unity of being, devotional&#x0D, &#x0D, prayer,

Abstract :

According to the Sufis the relation between God and the world issimilar to the relation between sun and its rays so all prophets camefrom a single source of light; however lay people who have engaged inmaterial matters could not appreciate this unity, therefore, called theprophets as Moses, Jesus and etc. Since people could not realize theessence of religion, they start interpreting it according to theirunderstanding, and as a result, fighting with each other. Rumi believesthat prophets are the representatives of God on the earth and by usingallegory he tries to explain the unity of the path of prophets. Accordingto Rumi, the mystery of the oneness of religion will be discovered onlyby cutting through the exoteric side of it. From his viewpoint the innateGod-given religion, or the real divine unity, and the devotional prayerare the essence of religion and if people understand this reality, theirconflict will be disappeared.