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Background: "communication" is a concept beyond technical and linguistic tools and mechanisms. The highest level of "communication" is conducted through "conversation" or "dialogue" where a common concept is created by the parties involved in the conversation. Conversation in Masnavi is a process which is defined by applying codes, analogies, stories and humor. In this process, language is considered both as a communication and an anti-communication tool. Communication, in Rumi’s view, is "audience-oriented" and "polysemous" and is formed by an emphasis on "morality" and extra-linguistic and extra-physical understanding. After selecting a "mystical thought theme" in the research, the conversation content in Masnavi was pursued with an emphasis on tales, stories, and linguistic and ethical concepts.

Conclusion: In Rumi’s communicative thought, cultural and social context impacts on the possibility or the impossibility of communication and therefore "conversation" takes shape as a phenomenon beyond language restrictions and structural constraints, sometimes with "eloquence" and sometimes "in silence". In fact, dialogue is a "polysemous, spiritual and moral" category and to be achieved it requires believing in and exercising the ethics of conversation.