Behaviorism of Cheating in a Dictatorial Society in the View of Mowlana

Cheating is among the most common intellectual themes in the stories of Mathnawi. Based on the Quranic styles, Mowlana, through general classifying of cheating into desired and undesired, and also explaining the conclusions and effects of cheating on society, illustrates the actions and thoughts of his personalities as the behavioral samples of each society in different individual, social and political areas. In the view of Mowlana, when this feature (cheating) is enforced by the rulers of a society, the outcome would be painful and its damage scope would be much wider. In his view, the individual and social behaviors of the ruler and the ruled in a deceitful dictatorial society will cause retardation in that society. The investigation of this topic in Mathnawi, helps us to, beside the common idea that considers it as among the greatest spiritual epics of humans, consider it also as "one of the greatest sociological and psychological works of the world". The psychological and social importance of cheating, its frequency in the stories of Mathnawi and also the negligence of researchers to criticize it as an independent subject were among the main reasons that encouraged the authors to explore this issue in Mathnawi by enjoying the viewpoints of some social and psychological behaviorists, using a descriptive – analytical approach. By reviewing and referring to the ruse-oriented (tricky) stories of Mathnawi, they specifically focused on the story of "the Moses and Pharaoh".