Abstract:

The great thinker, poet and storyteller Jalaluddin Rumi, who has an important role in the system of universal values as well as in Turkish thought, culture and literature, presented us the information he obtained from various sources at different stages of his life in his valuable works. In order to determine the depth of Rumi's literary accumulation, it is necessary to know the personalities, languages and literatures that influenced him. Undoubtedly, figures and sources of the Arabic language and literature have an important place among them. Some of these are Imru'u'l-Qays, who is indisputably the first in classical Arabic poetry, Sibavayhi, the most important grammarian of the Basra language school in the second half of the 2nd century, and al-Câhiz, who is in the first place in Arabic literature according to most literary critics. Rumi carried many personalities and events such as Hatam al-Tai, Zun'n-Nûn-ı Masri, Abrahem Adham, Vaysal Karani, Cunayd-i Bağdadi, Hallac-ı Mansur, Bayazed-ı Bastami, Abraha, who are included in Arabic literature but are also the subject of Islamic culture and history into his works. During the time Rumi lived, Arabic, Persian and Turkish had different usage areas than today. At that time, these languages were the common values of the countries in the region. Arabic was used as a religious language, Persian was used as a literary language, and Turkish was used as a spoken language. When we look at the works of Rumi written in Persian, we come across many Arabic expressions. These Arabic words consist of verses and hadiths, which are mostly religious texts. These religious texts, considered as common values, have been included in many works in their original form in Arabic. It is quite normal that Rumi also used Arabic texts from time to time while he was discussing religious subjects in his works. Although Rumi, who wrote his works in Persian, accepted the scientific superiority of Arabic, he considered Persian as more appropriate for his spirit. In addition, idioms and proverbs, which are written and oral sources of Arabic literature, also attracted Rumi's attention and he used some of them in his works.

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