نقد و تحليل «المنهج القوي» (كهن‌ترين شرح عربي مثنوي معنوي)

Introduction an‎d Critique of "Al-Manhaj Al-Qawi" (The Oldest Arabic Commentary on the Mathnawi)

زبان و ادبيات فارسي

Al-Manhaj al-Qawī (“The Strong Method”) is authored by Yusuf ibn Ahmad al-Mawlawi. It is a translation an‎d commentary on the Masnavi-ye Ma’navi in Arabic, written in the thirteenth century an‎d composed in six volumes. This work is considered the earliest an‎d most famous Arabic commentary on the Masnavi. Since such works merit thorough study an‎d critique—an‎d because the great commentators of the Masnavi have referred to it in their own expositions—while its definition in existing sources remains somewhat brief an‎d inaccurate (to the extent that it has been mistakenly regarded as merely an Arabic translation of Anqarawi’s Great Commentary), we have chosen to adopt a descriptive-analytical approach in order to properly introduce this commentary, an‎d to examine an‎d eva‎luate it in terms of language an‎d content. This has been done through a careful reading of three hundred selec‎ted verses from the first, third, an‎d sixth books of the Masnavi, in comparison with selec‎ted other commentaries on the work. The study emphasizes the importance of providing translation an‎d interpretation worthy of the Masnavi an‎d other valuable works of Persian literature for non-Persian-speaking readers. The research concludes that the commentator drew upon Ibn ‘Arabi’s mystical ideas in explaining Rumi’s verses in the Masnavi, yet his Arabic rendering an‎d composition are not without shortcomings. Moreover, this work cannot in any way be regarded as an Arabic translation of Anqarawi’s Great Commentary.

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