An overview of Life and Works of Anqarwi and his Selection of Mathnawi entitled Nisab -i Mawlawi

Mathnawi is undoubtedly one of the most important sources of religious and mystical knowledge in Islamic culture. That is why the commentaries and excerpts from this work in many parts of the Muslim world in various languages are available; one of which is nisab -i Mawlawi, a selection of Ismaeil Anqarwi, the famous commentator of Mathnawi and the master of Mowlavi Tariqa. Anqarwi in this excerpt, inspired by the great mystical works such as Manazil al-saeirin of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari and Misbah al-hidayah of Izzoddin Mahmoud Kashani, has laid out the most important mystical issues in three types of Tariqat, Shariat and haqiqt. The author then has provided a brief definition of mystical concepts and topics that is often derived from the two works mentioned above - and then has quoted some verses from Mathnavi. At the end of the paper, the manuscripts of Nisab -i Mawlawi kept in different libraries in Turkey and Iran are introduced.