خلاصة:
According to his audience's ability to understand, Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī uses allegories and folk tales for expressing spiritual love and mysteries. He believes that folk tales are a means of transcendence for knowledge lovers. Rūmī tells the antecode of "a man of Baghdad and the hidden treasure" to his disciples to interpret the famous hadith " whosoever knows himself knows his Lord". The story inspired the famous Brazilian writer, Paulo Coelho who wrote The Alchemist and became well-known all over the world. By using descriptive-analytical method, the present article deals with the question to what extent has Coelho been influenced by Rumi's mystical thoughts on the subjects of knowledge of God and self-knowledge? The result of the study shows that Rumi's mystical thoughts about unity of Being, manifestation of the Truth, softness of heart, the hidden treasure and divine knowledge, the language of love, the old wise man, cast a shadow over the whole story of The Alchemist.
ملخص الجهاز:
Reflection of theistic thoughts based on Rumi's mystical journey and conduct in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Nasser Naseri Tazeshahri Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Khoy Branch Abstract To meet the needs of understanding his audience, Rumi has utilized the forms of allegory and popular tales to express the truths of hidden secrets and states of spiritual love.
The results of the research show that Rumi's mental ideas and mystical thoughts regarding the spiritual journey of seekers on axes such as: the unity of existence and the manifestation of Truth, the subtle divine heart, the hidden treasure and gnosis, the language of love (the wordless language), the transformation of the base metal of existence into the alchemy of being, and the spiritual guide, have cast a shadow over the entire story to such an extent that, like Rumi, it speaks through Rumi's flute.
Coelho in the story himself, like Rumi, guides the shepherd as a disciple of the path of truth through the steps of ascension, from asceticism to the meeting with God, and to achieve these goals, he has utilized the mental emanations and mystical thoughts of Rumi in the spiritual journey (Sair o Soluk), such as introducing the unity of existence, the treasure of knowledge, the secrets of the heart, the language of love, and the transformation of the brass of physical existence into the spiritual gold.
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