The true understanding of mystical texts begins when the language of the text is not separated from its spiritual and existential meaning.
Life and Thought
Iraj Shahbazi, born in 1972 in Nahavand, is a researcher of Persian literature and a Rumi scholar. He has been an assistant professor at the University of Tehran’s Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute, and his main fields of activity are mystical literature and the teaching of Persian language.
Bibliography
Writings and transcribed lectures8 titles
Pand-o Payāmak: Two Thousand Beautiful Text Messages about God, Humanity, Society, and the World
Stories from the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi for Non-Iranian Persian Learners and Iranian Beginners
The Story of Rostam and Esfandiyar for Non-Iranian Persian Learners and Iranian Beginners
The Speaking Mute: Two Hundred and Twenty-Three Dream Tales in Mystical Texts up to the Ninth Century
The Hidden Manifest: A Collection of Rumi's Prayers in the Divan-e Shams
Familiar Speech: Twenty-Five Ghazals by Hafez for Non-Iranian Learners of Persian and Iranian Beginners
Take a Journey Across the Sky
Me Without Me; Being Myself
