Esoteric Approach of Muhaqiq Tirmidhi to Quran and its impact on Rumi

Esoteric views of Burhan al- Din Muhaqiq Tirmidhi induced a great impact on Rumi. In this article I would try to show how important the concept of interior aspect of religion and mystical exegeses of Quran are in understanding the thoughts and words of Burhan al- Din Muhqiq, to examine how and why his words have in their turn, influenced Rumi enormously. My main concern here would be the inward aspect of religion in Burhan’s eyes and words according to his Maarif, and his method of using mystical commentary of Quran by means of figurative tropes, symbolic language, metaphors and allegories, which is reflected in Rumi’s Mathnawi and Fih ma Fih.