Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 13، number In Volume 12، March 2021 ، issue Number 58

A comparitive study on the approaches of the Quran and Masnavi to voracity

Mahnaz Hassani Hamidabadi , Mehrali Yazdanpanah (Author in Charge), Susan Jahanian

Abstract

In the Quran, voracity has two dimensions – a positive voracity manifested in the Prophet’s voracity to guide people and a negative voracity, which is portrayed as individuals’ attempt to meet their bodily demands. Influenced by the Quran and to interpret the verses, Rumi expresses the different aspects of voracity and its consequences in detail. Our results reveal that Rumi uses subjective and objective items to interpret these aspects and speaks of axioms to verify them needless to reflect on them. He also uses fiction to show the different aspects of voracity in everyday life so that the readers perceive them as their living experiences through identification and accept them more readily. In portraying, he sometimes considers the Quranic images, which sometimes result from the association of meaning with content. What has been mentioned as a moral instruction in the Quran has been practically implemented and the way to achieve it has been specified in Masnavi. Epistemologically, Rumi uses fiction to reveal that following bodily passions, e.g. voracity, impedes recognition as the Quran calls it curtain and cover adherence to which will hinder recognition.

Keyword
the Quran , Masnavi , moral instructions , voracity

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