Combining mysticism and meaning therapy in Rumi's Masnavi and reflecting the concepts of the Qur'an in it

Subject Areas : Nameh Elahiyat

Fatemeh Haj Zeinolabedin ¹ (PhD Student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Kamel Ahmadnezhad ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Farideh Mohseni Hanjani ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Afsaneh Lotfi Azimi ⁴ (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2022-05-04 Accepted : 2022-05-16 Published : 2021-12-22

Keywords: mysticism, Rumi's Masnavi, meaning therapy,

Abstract :

In the present study, based on Frankel's theory of semantic therapy, the concept of meaning and desire for life in the spiritual Masnavi is analyzed. The research method is descriptive-analytical and library type. In this research, the components of suffering, tolerance, responsibility, love and religiosity of Frankel's theory have been explained and interpreted in the spiritual Masnavi. In Frankel's semantic psychology and the practical teachings of Rumi's mysticism, suffering and hardship are viewed positively, and both endurance and endurance in the face of suffering are the cause of maturity and the means of human perfection. Another component of Frankel's semantic therapy is love. Is what gives meaning and enthusiasm to life. Through the mystical view of Frankl and Rumi on love, life finds a lofty purpose and transcends the materialities and appearances of the material world. It disappears to reach eternal immortality. Meaning therapy and mysticism can only be achieved through religiosity with divine love, and the experience of understanding God is possible only through intuition and the heart.