Investigating and analyzing the characteristics of mystical language in Esfraini's Kashef-ul-Asrar

Subject Areas : Mystical (with literary and artistic features)

Masoumeh Attarzadeh Khoei ¹ , Shahbaz Mohseni ² , Farhad Kake Rash ³

1 - PhD student of Persian language and literature, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran

Received: 2024-01-17 Accepted : 2025-07-02 Published : 2025-06-28

Keywords: Mysticism, mystical experiences, mystical language, mysticism, discoverer of secrets,

Abstract :

The subject of the book Kashif-ul-Asrar is related to a question about light and dark veiling, which Sheikh Abdurrahman Esfraini has explained by stating hadiths and verses. In the beginning of the book, some information is given about behavior and after that, the attribute of oneness and oneness of God is mentioned, and in the following, some information is expressed about sincerity and the sign of sincerity of heart. In this research, the author tries to investigate the mystical language in the book Kashif-ul-Asrar in a descriptive-analytical way. Mystical language is a language that expresses pure mystical moods, descriptions and states. This language has been used in mystical books with the names of expression language, language of gesture, language of discovery, language of love and language of Ahl Tariqat. Esfareini's mystical language in the book Kashif-ul-Asrar is such that sometimes one can observe the author's mystical experiences and sometimes using the tools of language, one can see his mystical intuitions and discoveries in the world of awakening. The results of the research show that mystical features such as defamiliarization, interpretation, spiritualism, narration, paradoxical representation and colloquial language have appeared in Kaşf al-Asrar Esfareini, and this indicates mystical experiences. It is an esfraini.