Religious pluralism according to Jalal al-Din al-Rumi analytical study

We try to explain the thought of Jalal al-Din al-Rumi on religious pluralism in its contemporary sense through his prose and poetic influences, and compare it with what was prevalent in his time. Then we see whether it is right for us to say that the thought of Rumi is close to religious pluralism in its most famous meaning, that is, that all religions are true, and that they save their followers from divine torment and grant them eternal happiness. To achieve the objectives of the thesis, it relied on the analytical method, which helped in analyzing the books and works of Al-Rumi and delving into his ideas. We will try to find out why most of the theorists of religious pluralism were influenced by the ideas and theses of Jalal al-Din Rumi, which led most of them to believe that Rumi’s ideas suggest religious pluralism in its current sense, and discuss it. Their historical documents they relied on to prove their claim.  The aim of this study is for Rumi’s thought to be based on moderation and balance, he is against excessively limiting the truth to one religion, excluding all human beings from the circle of truth, and is not compatible with the theory of excessive religious pluralism. Which states that everyone is right and there is no such thing as right and wrong. Instead, Rumi goes with a moderate religious pluralism that goes with the term acceptance of the Other, which does not advocate losing the standards by which truth is known and maintaining the natural difference between truth and falsehood. Theology follows the formative conditions such as creation, existence, reward and punishment, which are the affairs of God in his creation and his absolute behavior of his servants in individuals, which is God’s estimation in his creation. Al-Rumi also believes that Islam is the final Sharia, and that the Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace) is the final messenger and the completer of all the laws of this religion, which are sequenced from the first prophets to last of them, and he is the last word of God in this world.