Mystical love as the day of judgement. Eschatology in Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’sDīvān-i Kabīr
Acta Orientalia September 1, 2011 DOI: 10.1556/aorient.64.2011.3.4 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Rūmī's poems in the Dīvān integrate the historical Last Judgement with the ahistorical mystical experience, using eschatological motifs as poetic topoi or allegories of spiritual encounter, thereby reconciling apparent antagonism. |
Abstract
The paper analyses eschatological motifs in a few poems from Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s Dīvān. In them the poet integrates two seemingly disparate, perhaps antagonistic themes: the historicity of the Last Judgement, the end of all times, and the fundamental ahistoricity of the mystical experience. Rūmī handles the motif of the Resurrection and the Last Judgement as a poetic topos or as an allegory of the mystical experience, focusing on the tension and interaction between these two thematic elements.