The God-universe relationship has attracted the attention of many thinkers from past to present and has been addressed as a problem. Considering the scientific studies conducted on this subject, many debates have been put forward, and a number of conclusive evidence and doctrines have been developed. Some thinkers have attempted to explain the universe by focusing solely on God, while others have attempted to express God's existence by placing the universe at the center. Rumi is one of the thinkers who has put forward his views on the God-universe relationship. In this regard, he emphasizes the absolute relationship between God and the universe, identifies the concepts of God and love as the focal point, and considers the fundamental reason for the creation of the universe to be God's desire to declare His own existence. In this context, the aim is to reveal Rumi's fundamental approaches, arguments, justifications, foundations, and dynamics on the subjects of God, the universe, and the God-universe relationship. Rumi has been observed to produce thoughts of high explanatory value that harmonize God's understanding of the universe and the beings within it. Among these coherent thoughts: In this study, as far as it has been attempted to be expressed concisely, on the subject of God; a panentheistic understanding of divinity on the grounds that God is transcendent and immanent; the function of the concept of love regarding the existence of God, a priori and a posteriori evidence, and the issue of attributes are highlighted; on the subject of the universe; the creation, formation, classification of the universe, and the existence of the beings within it by God's will and command; and on the subject of the God-universe relationship; the analysis of the concept of love, the importance of solving philosophical problems with reference to love, the path to the God of love, experiencing love and the maturational aspect of love, the value and function of the concept of beauty alongside the concept of love, the relationship between God and love, the relationship between love and beauty and the relationship of these concepts with the universe, knowing God and the universe in love, knowing love and the universe in God, and uniting with God are included.
With special reference to Rumi's works, in this study we tried to explain the essence, originality, value and importance of Rumi's approach to the subjects of God, the universe and the God-universe relationship, as a thinker who transcended the ages, and on the other hand, the course of his thought on these subjects, thus contributing to the field of the history of thought with a new study.
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