Abstract
This article is written in a comparative literature context in addressing questions by Shakarim (1858–1931), the mystic poet of Kazakh nation, as he forwarded on anthropology and self-knowledge, and answering them from Molavi’s viewpoint. The article studies and compares the philosophical worldviews in Molavi’s and Shakarim’s poems. Although the two poets lived in two different ages and a period of six centuries parts them and their views on anthropology and self-knowledge. Both Molavi and Shakarim attributed to allegory in expressing their self-knowledge subjects and in some occasions, scientific and social issues. There are many similarities between the thoughts and philosophical view in perceiving the world expressed by Molavi and Shakarim on “man” and “self-knowledge”. As an example, both poets expressed the concept “self” by using various metaphors. In addition, they attributed to allegories and similes in times to explain the topic.