Jalaliddinn Rumi and Alisher Navai in the Context of World Literature

This article discusses the contribution of Jalaluddin Rumiand Alisher Navoi, two great thinkers of the Eastern Renaissance, to theRenaissance, their important role in literary criticism, and the impact oftheir philosophical ideas on socio-political and cultural life. In particular,the ideas of unity, Wahdat-ul-wujud in Jalaluddin Rumi’s “What is withinyou” and Alisher Navoi’s “Lison ut-tayr” are compared