Metaphorical expression of Guest House in the writings of Mewlana Rumi and Said Nursi

• Main Authors: Thomas, Nur Sakinah, Mohd Kasim, Zalina, Md Rosli, Ahmad Nabil, Ibrahim, Nur Jehaada
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, 2021
• Subjects: BF Psychology; BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/93167/1/PROCEEDINGS-OF-THE-11TH-MALAYSIA-INTERNATIONAL-CONFERENCE-IN-LANGUAGES-LITERATURES-AND-CULTURES-MICOLLAC-2020.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/93167/; http://micollac.upm.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PROCEEDINGS-OF-THE-11TH-MALAYSIA-INTERNATIONAL-CONFERENCE-IN-LANGUAGES-LITERATURES-AND-CULTURES-MICOLLAC-2020.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper analyses the metaphorical expression of ‘guest house’ in the writings of Jalal-ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273), a well-known Persian poet and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877- 1960), a prominent Turkish scholar. There are many studies on these scholars, but studies on their conceptualization...