EXAMPLES OF ISHARI TAFSIR IN RUMI’S MATHNAWI / MEVLÂNÂ’NIN MESNEVİ’SİNDE İŞÂRÎ TEFSİR ÖRNEKLERİ

Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 672/1273) isa great scholar, poet and sufi of the thirteenth-century. Mevlana is the most well-known Islamic character then Hazreti Muhammed. He wanted to reach God by excitement and love beyond knowledge, contemplation and art. According to him, the love is the safest way to understand correctly of Qur'an He has written his book getting guidance the Qur'an and Sunnah. Next to Diwan al-Kabir, Mathnawi is his most important work that includes his scholarly views. The first and most important source of Mathnawi is the Qur'an. In terms of content and method, Mevlana in this work; used usually isara tafsir method. Because Mevlana is a sufi and Mathnawi is a mystical work. Because of a secret signs, sufis are usually interpret the verse of Koran out of the visible meanings. In terms of storytelling and making misal, method of Mathnawi is similar to the Qur'an. Rumi, in Mathnawi associates wise words related to psychology astronomy, medicine, philosophy, sociology and psychology with Qur'an. Written in a didactic style, with this work, Mawlana aims to guide human beings in their journey to perfection by focusing on the three basic elements of religion: belief, practice, and morality. In doing so, he substantiates his views with verses and hadiths. Although there are tafasir of dirayat and riwayat in Mathnawi, the type of tafsir coming to the fore essentially is the ishari tafsir. Because of this, it is said that Mathnawi is also a poetical ishari tafsir work. Therefore, in this study, we will try to examine some examples of ishari tafsir that exist in Mathnawi.