Hint, irony and allegory in the works of Sheikh Mahmoud Shabastri
Subject Areas : Ethics and Islamic EducationAbolfazl Bakhtyar 1 , Zilla serati 2 , Ayoob, Kooshan 3
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2 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Shabester Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabester, Iran
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Keywords: Sheikh Mahmoud Shabastri, Golshan Raz, Haq al-Iqin and Merat al-Muhaqqin, irony, allusion, allegory,
Abstract :
The language used to express mystical topics has certain characteristics. Mystics use a kind of cryptic and sarcastic language to express their content, which is not understandable to everyone. In this language, irony, allegory, and innovative and spiritual arrays are used a lot, which in some cases are used to open up the content and sometimes cause its complexity. Sheikh Mahmoud Shabastri, a mystic of the 7th century, has books on mysticism in verse and prose, in which the features of mystical language are used. In this research, based on the books of Golshan Raz, Haq al-Iqin and Merat al-Mhoqqin, we have done a descriptive-analytical analysis of the elements of allusion, irony and allegory, and we have come to the conclusion that the Shabestri language is often symbolic and uses religious allusions and explanatory allegories to express its content. has done The similes used to express difficult and incomprehensible topics, but the allusions of his language are not to be ignored. The mentioned arrays are mostly used in the Golshan Raz book, which is a symbolic-allegory work, but the Al-Iqin book, due to the excessive use of the Abat principle, does not allow for other presentations. Marat al-Muhaqqeen also has a relatively simple prose in which only allegory is used.