Exploring and Explaining the Effects of Allegory in Mowlana's Mystical Stories Moses and Shepherd

Allegory, as one of the most important foundations of imagination, embraces a wide range of different topics of Persian literary texts. The obvious manifestation of this is significant in mystical texts. Meanwhile, "Masnavi" as one of the most significant works of Persian literature embraces various elements and themes that utilize a variety of rhetorical tools, including allegory, a major contribution to the transfer of doctrines And moral, social, mystical, philosophical and ... concepts. Therefore, in this article, we will examine the effects of allegory in each of the stages of the course of the mystical narrative of Moses and Shaban Masnavi in ​​order to find that Mowlana has used the means to determine the content of his story structure and his ultimate goal of this plot The mysticism is based on the principles and standards of the rule of the allegory. In this regard, after mentioning the discussions about the history and function of the category of allegory, we will present the mystical teachings of this story with regard to the topic of allegory.