Religious Predications in Masnavi

We may divide the viewpoint of Jalal ud-din Molavi, the famous sufi poet of Iran (who lived about 800 years ago) about the religious subjects in to 2 different parts. Once Molavi, by usage of underestandable similes and parables tries to comment and explain the contents of traditions. What he expresses in such parables complies with the general underestandings of islam. We may nominate it as artistic explanations made by Molavi.In some other works, however, Molavi by resorting to some traditions, tries to justify and explain the principal beliefs and ideas of sufis, and the characteristics of his own sect. In this part, we can say that the traditions have been deformed or reshaped in the fancy workshop and illusions, so that at last the message of that tradition does not match with the general spirit and stanard ideas of religion. In this way, the traditions are painted according to the subjectivity of the poet. We call this as an "artistic encounter" of Molavi, that is very common among sufis, in spite of whatever their top leaders may have told.