Symbolism of the "falcon" in Attar's The Mantiq al-tair and Rumi's Masnavi Manavi

Falcon has a special place in the symbolism of Persian poetry in Attar's The Mantiq altair and Rumi's The Masnavi Manavi. In Persian literature mythology, falcon is the supremacy of birds, and it's been widely alongside the sun gods with the other highflying birds and in Dari literature it’s also marked as a symbol of power, authority and kingdom. In mystical literature it is mainly a symbol of the souIs. As the studies show; in The Mantiq al-tair, paradoxically, sometimes it is the effort of the "dead of the world" and sometimes it has high human values and shows the great effort of a perfect human being. This endeavor, on the other hand, includes worldliness and murder and in the transcendent type, being in the world of predestination. Rumi mentions Falcon as a perfect human being. He has willed Shams as the perfect human but in a further interpretation, he calls the pole of the world of possibility himself, Hazrat Ali, as the "Saed Sultan" and Anghagirshah falcon. Attar, through advice, states the path of conduct to reach the high levels of perfection, and Rumi, in addition, refers to the ways and means by which a person makes a mistake until he finds out and comes back to the truth. Both poets desperately ask God for help to fly to the realm of truth. "Pain" is explicitly stated in Attar's conduct. Likewise, Rumi defines pain as an allegory in it’s symbolic meanings. The falcon symbol in the eyes of Attar and Rumi, replies to the mystical and mythical point of view on things .