Music as Implement of Training Remedy for Soul in Rumi's Educational System

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1 M.A. in Philosophy of Art, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

This study is an attempt to reinterpret the role of music in the process of education and inner purification of the human being from Rumi’s perspective. In this article, music is viewed not merely as a mystical or ritual experience, but as a means of healing and reconstructing the human psyche. In Rumi’s intellectual system, education is understood as the process of returning the human being to their authentic self, and music is introduced as one of the most effective instruments for this return; for melody and rhythm, in his view, recall the primordial and heavenly tunes, and listening to them awakens the soul and stirs an inner refinement within the human spirit. The innovation of this study lies in the fact that music in Rumi’s thought is analyzed not simply as a context for mystical ecstasy and spiritual enthusiasm, but as a process of self-therapy and emotional cultivation. That is, through the aesthetic experience of music and dance (samā‘), Rumi enables a form of psychological harmony, inner tranquility, and existential renewal. On this basis, Rumi’s educational system may be regarded as a form of “artistic and aesthetic education,” in which art and melody are not tools of amusement, but the very language of healing the soul and reviving the human being trapped in multiplicity and forgetfulness. 

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Journal of Philosophical Investigations
Volume 20, Issue 55 - Serial Number 55
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Issue 55, Summer 2026
July 2026
Pages 79-96

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