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Work #1137 · Late

Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
c. 1262-1273 (transcribed during Rumi's last decade) · Persian
Prose discourses (transcribed from oral teaching) · Sufi mysticism / Mevlevi order

Rumi's 13th-c. 71 prose discourses transcribed by disciples — practical Sufi instruction in everyday speech

Attribute Fingerprint

Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Total
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)

The 1262-73 last decade of Rumi's life.

Space

Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)

Konya and the Mevlevi teaching-circle.

Matter

Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)

The embodied seekers whose questions provoked the discourses.

Observer

Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)

Rumi as teacher-master; the disciple-transcribers as participant-observers.

Energy

Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)

The pedagogical-mystical energies of the teaching encounters.

Information

Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)

The 71 prose discourses as transcribed content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Fīhi mā Fīhi (Discourses)

The transcribed-oral nature of the discourses raises questions of fidelity; the Persian text is widely regarded as substantially authentic.