Marife Dini Araştırmalar Dergisi

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This paper is about the shortcomings observed in understanding Rumi’s thoughts and messages, and why this may be the case. Causing differences of level in the interpretations about Rumi, some of these reasons arise out of the reader, which –in itself– constitutes the external aspect of the understanding problem. Certain other “obstacles” stop the reader from penetrating into the Rumi’s intellect and messages. This type of internal obstacles, which stem from the theme, style, and content indigenous to Rumi’s works, we believe, play a more influential role in terms of laying the ground for the abovementioned understanding problem. Among topics that this paper explores are such problems of comprehension, having their roots in the fact that Rumi is a Sûfî philosopher, and that this school of thought is reflected on the style and content of his works, and possible explanations as to the reasons of such problem