كم و كيف قياس در مثنوي

On the Status of Comparisons in Masnavi

Comparison is highly employed in Masnavi , whether as a technique of simulating one thing to another or in its expressional sense as a device of lexical reasoning. However, disagreement with it is a major feature of Movlanʹs mystical teachings specifically on the issue of recognition. Camparison as used in Masnavi sometimes means rational reasoning, sometimes conjecture, and sometimes serves as an expression in logic . Whatever the case , it is invariably oppesed to by moulana. As the major caves of human errors in recognition, it underlies many anectodes of Masnavi so that, in the ferst chapter, the reader faces different usages of this erroneous technique which are often denounced. The present article deals with Movlanaʹ s concern about comparison by bringing in its different meanings and looking at a number of anecdotes in Masnave. As a poet , Moulana is supposed to have dealt with similarities , however; as a mystic speculator, he has just focused on differences and previlages. This indicates his poetic skill combined with speculative capability as well as mystical commitment by virtue of which he views comparison wrong and as a seurce of error. This is particularly true when he speaks of metaphysical facts and experiences , entities that are solely at the disposal of a mystic. In spite of all this and quite interestingly, Moulana is found at time to give up to comparisons when explaining certain moral and mystical issues.