DIGNITY OF MAN IN MATHNAVI

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ASATOURIAN F.; ALE OSFOUR M.A.

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Journal: Year:2007 | Volume:26 | Issue:2 (51) Page(s): 27-42

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DIGNITY OF MAN IN MATHNAVI

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ASATOURIAN F. | ALE OSFOUR M.A. | Issue Writer Certificate

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MOWLAVIQ3

MATHNAVIQ3

HUMAN DIGNITYQ3

IBN ARABIQ3

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Discussion: MOWLAVI (604-672 A.H.) has paid special attention to the dignity, inner values and nobility of human beings in MATHNAVI. In book five of MATHNAVI he mentions that due to divine honoring, mankind is a perfect collection of everlasting qualities and a mine of goodness as he is the goal of creation; as a result of which whatever exists is at his service. He considers man as the spiritual king of creation and divine honoring brings him the status of the beloved. On the surface he is dust while he has illuminating inner characteristics. The reasons for the dignity of man are based upon four pillars of prophecy, sainthood and prostration of angels to him, and learning and teaching of Divine Attributes.This paper is a historical-philosophical study of the text of MATHNAVI in which lines from this text are brought for a close reading and scrutiny.Discussion: Beside the Qur'an and Islamic commentaries, two other factors have been the source of inspiration for MOWLAVI; one is his intuition and the other is his access to the precious heritage that people of knowledge have left behind. MOWLAVI had read Sheikh Ahmad Ghazzali, Mohammad Ghazzali, Sana'i, Attar and IBN ARABI and had used their views in his works. There are some references in the Qur'an to the angels prostrating in front of Adam to increase their knowledge while Satan who did not do this deprived himself of a great fortune. Man is, on the one hand, a student of God learning Divine Attributes; on the other hand, he teaches these Attributes to the angels. MOWLAVI believes that these Divine Attributes are the knowledge saturating man.Conclusion: MOWLAVI uses Qur'anic verses and Hadith in order to define dignity of man among creatures. He believes that man's status of being prostrated to is because of the knowledge he had gained from the Divine Attributes; Angels prostrated themselves in front of Adam because of this knowledge. These two factors lead to the principles of prophecy and sainthood. Man with rank of sainthood is adorned with all accomplishments as he becomes bereft of human characteristics and connected to Divine Attributes

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ASATOURIAN, F., & ALE OSFOUR, M.A.. (2007). DIGNITY OF MAN IN MATHNAVI. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES OF SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY, 26(2 (51)), 27-42. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/13440/en

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ASATOURIAN F., ALE OSFOUR M.A.. DIGNITY OF MAN IN MATHNAVI. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES OF SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY[Internet]. 2007;26(2 (51)):27-42. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/13440/en

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F. ASATOURIAN, and M.A. ALE OSFOUR, “DIGNITY OF MAN IN MATHNAVI,” JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES OF SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY, vol. 26, no. 2 (51), pp. 27–42, 2007, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/13440/en

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