Reciprocity of Wisdom and Love in Molana’s Literary Works

Abstract

The necessity and place of reason and love and their impact on normal and daily human issues is much more than what can be imagined in minds and beliefs. Appropriate research and exploration about it seems necessary. Although a lot has been said and written about the two concepts of reason and love in various societies, but less has been said about the relationship and interaction between them and how they interact, and fewer writers have addressed it. It has been mentioned many times in our mystical texts that love is the purest form of servitude. What is discussed in this research is Maulana Jalaluddin Balkhi's opinion about reason and love. Rumi does not stand in front of reason and science, but he considers this reason and science incapable of understanding the truth of existence. We know that whenever Rumi talks about reason and science, he does not mean ordinary reason and science, but what is intended. It is an intellect that has evolved with austerity and love, it is a kind of spiritual and divine spirituality, Maulavi's theory about intellect and love is so mesmerizing that it also makes the audience happy. In this research, love in the sonnets of the poet with intellect has been investigated in a comparative way. However, it can be said that earthly and heavenly love are two basic manifestations of love, and love is vast and vague in terms of its lifespan and extent. Unique poets like Rumi emphasize the endless difficulties of love, the complete supremacy of love over reason. The discussion of intellect and love is one of the most important and key topics of Rumi's Masnavi. Therefore, in this article, we have discussed and investigated the field of reason and love. What is clear is that Rumi does not suppress reason in general, but only that normal human reason does not value much. In Molavi's view, reason and evolved love do not contradict each other in any way.