A comparative study of “Self examination or self knowing” from the viewpoint of Rumi and Shankara
A comparative study of “Self examination or self knowing” from the viewpoint of Rumi and Shankara

Summary/Abstract: The mystics always have a special interest in human beings. They think about bothhuman being and his ideas, that is, in their thinking anthropology is of greatimportance from various dimensions especially epistemological, ethical andsocial. Therefore, the drawing and explanation of the features of the mystical manis a concern. They are for the sake of man and his greatness. Of course, it shouldbe noted that their attitude towards humans is more than moral and moraldimension, and other aspects of anthropology, practical action, have a specialplace in his thought. This attitude towards man by him is the epistemic existentialdimensions, as well as the nature of human truth, and in particular, the perfectman's attributes Includes. In this article, we use the views and opinions of thesetwo great mystics and their interpretation based on their literary texts to study therole and effect of self-knowledge as a great and common way between the twomystics for connecting to the Absolute Truth. The present study is a descriptivecomparative study and data are analyzed and analyzed using a content analysismethod in a library method.

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