Spiritual Concept of ‘Death before Death’ and the Story of ‘The Three Fishes’ in Rumi’s Mathnawi Manawi
Keywords:
Death before death, voluntary death, Fana-fi-Llah, Rumi, The Second Fish, Mathnawi ManawiAbstract
In literature of mysticism, ‘death before death’ or ‘voluntary death’ is discussed as the fundamental principle on divine path of Love. The aim of this research paper is to study and analyse this fundamental concept of mysticism through Sufi philosophy of Rumi. Rumi has used many allegories in his magnum opus Mathnawi Manawi in order to illustrate and simplify the Sufi teachings. One of such allegory is the story of ‘The Three Fishes’. This research paper focuses upon the concept of ‘death before death’ with reference to the same story.
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