Mystical Literature

In this article, the metaphors of growth in Baha-e Valad’s Ma’arif have been, based on the model of conceptual metaphor, analyzed. M etaphors of growth, here, ... Read More

Representing the Emancipation Metanarrative of Islamic Mysticism in the Discourse and Narrative of Attar’s Tazkirat al-Awliya

Parvin Tajbakhsh; Jahan Doost Sabz Alipour; Tahereh Ghomi Katighari

Volume 5, Issue 9 , October 2013, Pages 43-72

https://doi.org/10.22051/jml.2014.126

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Mystic texts are among the fruitful branches of Persian literature. Because of their transparent relationships with mystical and human experience and ... Read More Mystic texts are among the fruitful branches of Persian literature. Because of their transparent relationships with mystical and human experience and imagination, they constitute the foundations of artistic originations and indescribable lingual experiences. One of the structural features which connects all mystical texts of Persian literature is the discourse-based relationship. The main profession of Attar of Nishapur, the great poet and thinker of the 12th century, is poetry; however, through compiling Tazkirat al-Awliya , he tried to make use of the same discourse which he pursued in Mantiq-ut-Tayr. Although he adopted the majority of components of Tazkirat al-Awliya from previous mystic works such as Al- Risala al-Qushayriyya , Kashf-ul-Mahjub and Tabaqat al-Sufiyah, his aesthetic and linguistic behavior in creating the microcosm of this text is completely different, in such a way that all parts which have been allocated to Tazkirat al-Awliya and remembrance of the mystics have the same discourse-based structure. Some pale shadows of this structural pattern can be found in Kashf-ul-Mahjub, Tabaqat al-Sufiyah, and Al- Risala al-Qushayriyya, too; but Attar has given depth and direction to this pattern and has taken over a special style. The present paper is trying to find answers to two research questions which are directly related to the structure of Tazkirat al-Awliya . 1- How is the emancipation metanarrative of Islamic mysticism represented in mystical discourse? 2- How does Attar juxtapose the emancipation meta-narrative with discourse to create the narrative structure of Tazkirat al-Awliya ? The metanarrative which is seen in Tazkirat al-Awliya is the “saga of emancipation.” This saga brings into existence the discourse of the “journey of mankind in the world.” With the metaphor of “journey,” he realizes the saga of sin and repentance. Therefore, his narrations start with repentance and end in death. In Tazkirat al-Awliya , the selected people start their journey with self-identification and repenting of their sins and then turn into identified agents and then their behavior and speech will influence the others and eventually their journey ends in death.

Death Reflective Contemplations in Sanaie’s Works

Mostafa Khorsandi Shirghan; Mohammad Behnamfar

Volume 5, Issue 9 , October 2013, Pages 73-104

https://doi.org/10.22051/jml.2014.127

Abstract

Death is one of the major and important thoughts in Sanaie’s works. He views the phenomenon of death from varied angles and perspectives and depicts ... Read More

Analysis of Sense of Taste in Mowlaviˊs Works

Tahereh Karimi; Zolfaghar Alami Mehmandoosti; Mahbobeh Mobasheri

Volume 5, Issue 9 , October 2013, Pages 205-230

https://doi.org/10.22051/jml.2014.131

Abstract

Sense of taste is the most commonly used one, in Mowlavi’s works, to represent all aspects of spiritual and materialistic realms; other words from ... Read More

Symbolic Effects of Colors in Mystical Literature

Leila Amini Lari; Sed Mahdi Kheirandish

Volume 5, Issue 9 , October 2013, Pages 7-42

https://doi.org/10.22051/jml.2014.125

Abstract

Mystical knowledge and intuitive experiences of mystics can not be included in limited circle of words and needs a metaphorical language. One way for sensorying ... Read More

Surrealism and Sohrevardi\'s Thoughts

Ali Asghar Zarehi; Alireza Mozaffari

Volume 5, Issue 9 , October 2013, Pages 105-136

https://doi.org/10.22051/jml.2014.128

Abstract

Between the literary schools of the west and the ideas, latent in the old Persian literary texts, there are many similarities. Rereading these similarities ... Read More

The Components of Husserl’s Phenomenology in the Epistemology of Mathnavi Ma\'navi

Aliakbar Samkhaniani

Volume 5, Issue 9 , October 2013, Pages 173-204

https://doi.org/10.22051/jml.2014.130

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Mathnavi Ma’navi of Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Mawlavi (Rumi) (604-672A.Hj.) contains particular epistemology which is a key element in understanding the ... Read More

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Conceptual Metaphor of Growth in Baha-e Valad’s Ma’arif

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Representing the Emancipation Metanarrative of Islamic Mysticism in the Discourse and Narrative of Attar’s Tazkirat al-Awliya

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Death Reflective Contemplations in Sanaie’s Works

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Analysis of Sense of Taste in Mowlaviˊs Works

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Symbolic Effects of Colors in Mystical Literature

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Surrealism and Sohrevardi\'s Thoughts

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The Components of Husserl’s Phenomenology in the Epistemology of Mathnavi Ma\'navi

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