Hz. Mevlânâ’nın Mesnevî Adlı Eserinde Bir İmtihan Biçimi Olarak Hastalık Meselesi
The Issue of Illness as a Form of Testing in Mevlana's Work Named Mesnevi

Summary/Abstract: Hazrat Rumi's Mathnawi has been accepted as a spiritual guide by the sûfîs since the day it was written. Mathnawi, on the one hand, sheds light on the preparation of the reader for the life in the hereafter, and on the other hand, gives important clues about how he should be in an attitude and feeling when faced with worldly tests. In this context, many issues such as separation, illness, death, losses, financial difficulties, problems in human relations are presented to the reader either directly by opening a title or in a scattered form in various stories. Considering the topics in question, one of the most striking points in question is the mention of disease. Accordingly, Hazrat Mawlana discusses subjects like "What is the truth of the disease?", "Why are people tested by the disease?", "What kind of meaning should be attached to the disease?", "What is the condition of the patient in the sight of God?". On the other hand, he emphasized that the main issue was to get rid of spiritual diseases and the temporariness of bodily ailments, and directed attention to the healing of the soul. In this communiqué, the issue of how Hazrat Mawlana evaluates the issue of illness in his Mathnawi and what kind of perspective he offers to the person who is tested by the disease will be discussed. As a matter of fact, a significant majority of people who want to make sense of the severe illnesses they experience today want to receive psychological support, and some of them state that they need spiritual guidance. In this context, it is beyond doubt that Mathnawi's guidance will fill an extremely important gap.

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