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Burning Gabriel‘S Wings: Exploring The Soul‘S Movement Towards God Through The Masnavi Of Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Henry Pearson Brefka

Religious Studies Senior Theses

The Qur‘an is considered an eternal text, universally relevant, awaiting interpretation and reinterpretation. Its eternal nature is made all the more apparent through the ambiguity and multilayered meaning of the Arabic language, which affords every line applicability to multiple areas of thought, lived reality, and the attributes of God. Constant return to the Qur‘an as a divine text allows for greater insight into not only the nature of the human self but also to the Universal Reality of God. Therefore, when Mawlana Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi‘s Masnavi is called the Qur‘an in Persian, the full weight of that statement becomes …