Lectures on the Masnavi Ma’navi (2)

The article before you is the second part of the lectures on the Masnavi Ma’navi that covers the second to fourth sessions. Rumi’s action contrary to tradition at the beginning of Masnavi, association of ideas and plots in Masnavi’s stories, the way the composition of the Masnavi’s verses began in narratives, Shams’ articles and its reflection on Rumi’s rhetoric, Masnavi’s similarities to the holy Qur’an, two Rumi’s existential aspects, prose topics in Masnavi, and description and criticism of Rumi’s state are the topics have been discussed in this section. It is also described under the heading of Mawlana’s action contrary to tradition and his Innovation.