There is an ancient and well-known Asian folk-tale that, in a version by the poet Rumi in Tales from the Masnavi, tells of four men who are asked to feel an elephant in a dark room and describe what they are sensing. Each of them touches just one part of the elephant, so they all reach different conclusions and think that they are in the presence of either a water-spout, a fan, a pillar, or a t...

Annotation. The path of struggle, numerous works and literary journalistic heritage Abu Nasir Mubashshir at-Tarazi (1896-1977), a native historical Taraz city, prominent religious political figure who spent 47 years in emigration, still remain without due attention research Kazakhstan. voluminous poetic work the ulema Persian, Yadgar Zandan ia Aynei Jahan (Memory Prison or Mirror World), was bo...

there are different commentaries on rumi’s masnavi, each focusing on it from different pints of view such as literary aesthetics, mysticism, philosophy and subject matter. these various commentaries – including those by reynold nicholson, jafar shahidi, mohammad estelami and karim zamani – make their comparison and contrast inevitable. despite their great affinity, they are different from each ...

In the study of Ismailism, an important role was played by discovery and subsequent in late 19th early 20th centuries handwritten sources containing doctrinal Ismaili texts. Turning to these put this area Islam on a scientific basis for first time. The poem (masnavi) Nasir-i Khusrav “The Book Enlightenment” (Rawšanā'ī - nameh) belongs very texts kind. This article includes annotated translation...