Mystical Analysis of Poverty and Riches Through Mystical Approach by Rumi and Khajeh Abdullah Ansari

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Nasrin Biranvand ¹ , Hossein Arian ² , Fahimeh Sazmand ³

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Received: 2017-09-19 Accepted : 2018-08-04 Published : 2017-08-23

Keywords: Sufism, poverty, Ansari, riches, mysticism, Maulana,

Abstract :

Poverty is one stage of the mystical journey and literally means requirements and needs, and in terms of Sufism it means reliance in God and no need to others. "Poverty and riches" in the Iranian literature, especially the works by mystics, have an ancient history and a higher position. Poverty is defined as indigence and dervish-like whereas "riches" means the opposite, which are opulence, needlessness and wealth. Spiritual traveler in the territory regains his attribute of non-existence and inherited poverty where he admits. Spiritual poverty is a major mystical issue which not only do poets refer to in their divans, but also mystics have some theories respectively. This research was conducted with analytical methods by poetic evidence and explanations of poverty, by the viewpoints of the two mystics, namely Ansari and Maulana, and its interpretationt through mystical approach.