Levels of Theology in Rumi's Masnavi

One of the common beliefs of the heavenly religions about man is the purposefulness of his creation. All these religions consider the knowledge of God as a condition for achieving the transcendent goal. of course, the steps and how to identify thikers idea are different. According the Qur'anic teachings, Molavi considers the knowledge of God as the ground for piety, remembrance, guidance, salvation, attaining mercy, worship, happiness, and most importantly, attaining the position of Caliph. The present research seeks to answer the question that from the point of view of Molavi, what is the logical relationship between knowing God and having them? Molavi considers the knowledge of God as the basis for attaining the position of succession has three general levels: superficial (colloquial), business (intellectual) and exploratory (mystical). In his view, there is a logical relationship between the above levels: superficial knowledge is a necessary prelude to the emergence of rational knowledge, and intuitive knowledge appears and continues after the perfection of rational knowledge. This article, while extracting and arranging the above-mentioned logical levels according to Molavi, concludes that the sources of knowledge in Molavi’s theology are numerous and there is no conflict between them, but there is a kind of logical connection and order between the mentioned levels.