The Origin of Beauty in Rumi Viewpoint

Muslim thinkers have discussed "Origin of beauty" and "Origin of enjoying the masterpieces of art" in their works and there is a long tradition of this problem in Western philosophy. In this discussion, philosophers have tried to explore the source of beauty inspiration to the artist, to make clear why and how the audience of the artwork understand beauty, and to provide a framework to discuss the "quality of understanding beauty". To answer to this problem, two main approaches are introduced. On the on hand, Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans believe that the origin of the beauty of art is its narration of the Spheres. According to this view, known as "Musicauniversalis,” the distance in music is equal to the distance between the sun and other planets, and enjoying art is resultedfrom understanding of the harmony of the Spheres. On the other hand, Muslim philosophers believe that the beauty of art is due to the narration of the beauty of heaven. Thedefenders of theory of "Representation of heaven" believe that human beings in their presence in heaven have tasted its beauty and in encountering the material beauties of this world,recollectthe heavenly beauty, and in fact, this association and remembrance is enjoyable for him. Rumi as a Muslim thinker, expresses both theories and apparently defends the second one.