A comparative study of the common themes of the prophetic praises of Ahmad Shooghi and Khaqani

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

Roqayeh Nemati ¹ (. PhD student, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Tehran University of Science and Research, Tehran, Iran.)
Mehrdad Aghaei ² (Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. (Corresponding author))
Abdollah Pasalari ³ (Master's degree, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iran.)

Received: 2023-04-20 Accepted : 2023-08-17 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: comparative literature, Common themes, Shoghi, prophetic praises, Khaqani Sharvani, common religious and religious culture,

Abstract :

 The ancient root of comparative literature or parallel literature in the history of Persian and Arabic literature has not been hidden from any researcher of this bilingual literature, especially in the field of prophetic praises since ancient times. The praise of the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) is a legacy of the common religious sentiment and thinking of Islamic writers, especially between the civilizations of Iran and Arabs. Even the long time of living between the poets of Wadiban has not been able to make these common and remarkable aspects and themes in their poems become forgotten. The poems of these two poets, considering The religious and religious background of both of them, in spite of living in different eras, and with a long time gap, has a common aspect, especially the teachings of the Holy Prophet of Islam. The comparison of the poems of these two poets is based on prophetic praises and common themes such as the birth, morals and creation of the Prophet (PBUH), the position and status of the companions and family of the Prophet (PBUH). , the Kausar pool, miracles and influence from the Qur'an and prophetic hadith and attention to Jesus the prophet can be compared and measured. with the difference that although Khaqani does not have a Sufi profession, he has a special skill in creating meanings and using various words of Sufi literature, and most of his descriptions are short and concise. However, in most cases, Shoghi expresses the matter in a simple, clear and concise way in his prophetic praises. A comparison compares the poems in Shoghi Diwan and Khaqani Batkieh on their prophetic praises, in order to show the commonalities and differences of these two famous poets in the way of speaking.