A study on Mystical Thoughts of Attar Neyshaburi

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Jafar Havasi ¹ , Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini Kazerooni ² , Farzaneh Yousef Ghanbari ³

1 - Phd Student, Persian Language and Literature, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran. [e-mail]
2 - Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran, *Corresponding Author. [e-mail]
3 - Assistant professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran. [e-mail]

Received: 2022-06-19 Accepted : 2022-06-19 Published : 2022-06-22

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Abstract :

Sheikh Farid Al-Din Attar Neishaburi (618-540 AH) is the creator of some mystical masnavis such as Mantiq Al-Tayr, Mosibat Nameh, Elahi Nameh and Asrar Nameh. These works contain his mystical thoughts in a mysterious language. This article focuses on the mystical thoughts of Attar and aims at explaining the views and opinions of Attar Neishabouri on various mystical issues. The existence of contradictions and paradoxes, the famous mystical thought of "Die before death", the mystical story of Sheikh San'an, the discussion of repentance, the likeness of the divine essence, the unity of the existence of all the mystical mysteries which are mentioned in the works of Attar, especially in the mentioned works. Attempts have been made to present a comprehensive discussion in the descriptive and analytical way of these mystical thoughts and topics, providing examples and poetic evidences and explaining them.