رواداري، گذشت و بردباري در مثنوي مولوي

Tolerance, remission and patience in Masnavi Moulavi

Literary researchers and sociologists have highlighted different positive and negative facets in the Islamic mysticism. Putting aside the negative aspects of mysticism, the real mystics have offered great services to the peopleʹs religious beliefs. They have depicted an artistic image of religion and advocated the avoidance of dogmatism and narrowmindedness in their words and acts. The real mystics have tried to encourage people to purify their soul and avoid illogical dogmatism. The recommendations toward avoiding revenge and adopting tolerance and remission in religious and daily life are among the valuable and definite achievements of the Islamic mysticism in general and Iranian mysticism in particular. Compared to other mystics, Moulana has played a more prominent role by persisting on these religious beliefs. Such a disposition has attracted the leaders and followers of other religions all of whom have greatly admired him and, similar to Muslims, have mourned upon his demise. The reason for such a sympathy was that they clearly believed that Moulana considered religion as a straightening tool for the rugged aspects of life rather than a means for severity and illbehaving. The present research focuses on samples of Moulanaʹ s views and beliefs on tolerance and remission mostly in his Masnavi Maenavi. Additionally, his strong recommendations on avoiding dogmatism and revenge will be highlighted