An Educational approach to the functions of convergent questions in the first book of Rumi's Masnav

Rumi is a Persian poet and mystic of the seventh century AH who pays attention to the audience and the effect that his poems and writings have on the personality of the audience. Among the reasons for this claim, in addition to his direct references to the appropriate observance of the audience, is the existence of many questions in Masnavi that cause thinking in the audience’s mind. Contrary to the audience's expectation of convergent questions that focus more on the literary aspect, this study seeks to investigate other aspects of convergent questions to extract the educational functions of convergent questions from the first book of Masnavi. For this purpose, by collecting and classifying the convergent questions from the first book of Masnavi, we extracted the educational functions of the convergent questions from Masnavi based on the motivation they have in the audience. In this research, using the library research method for data collection, and sample selection for data analysis, the qualitative research method of content analysis was used in the final report. The result of this research indicates the inclusion of convergent educational questions in the first book of Masnavi with functions such as creating a reminder, accepting disability, paying attention and focusing on a subject, showing negligence, and expressing regret.