Rumi: Partial Reason (ʿaql-i juzʿī) & Sacred Intellect (ʿaql-i qudsī) | Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast

Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki Music: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi Can reason alone lead us to divine truth? In this episode of the Rumi Podcast, we explore Rūmī’s distinction between partial reason (ʿaql-i juzʿī) and the sacred intellect (ʿaql-i qudsī)—a central theme in his mystical epistemology. We uncover how Rumi neither rejects reason entirely nor worships it, but rather transforms it into a ladder toward divine knowledge. Rumi’s verses reveal that reason alone, confined to the “black ink of books,” cannot grant certainty. True illumination comes when the sacred intellect is united with the Universal Intellect. This sacred intellect is a bridge between human understanding and divine revelation. Read the paper discussed ("Rūmī's Mystical Epistemology through Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī's Framework"): [https://www.academia.edu/143926431/R%C5%ABm%C4%ABs_Mystical_Epistemology_through_Sayyid_%E1%B8%A4aydar_%C4%80mul%C4%ABs_Framework] Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses  If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST   Guiding questions: How does Rūmī’s idea of sacred intellect challenge our modern understanding of knowledge and rationality Can reason become spiritual when guided by love, or must it be transcended entirely? In your own experience, what moments have made you feel the “light of certainty” that Rūmī describes?   #RumiPoetry #Sufism #PersianMysticism #SpiritualWisdom #RumiExplained