Transition to kinds of allegories in maʿarif of Bahá'u' Walad
Subject Areas : Research Allegory in Persian Language and Literature
Fateme Heydari
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(Associate Professor in Persian Language and Literature, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran)
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The rhetoric method of allegory has been influential among the owners of verse and prose long ago in transferring the intellectual, abstract and subjective concepet. Bahá'u' Walad, the owner of the book Ma'aref, has approximated prose style to poetical form with utilizing this illustrative element and other rethorical elements. He has used a variety of factual, verbal, logical, paradoxical and symbolic allegories which are in area of fictional and widespread allegories and compressed allegories for transferring spiritual perception and mystical circumstance which origin from intuition for persuasion and educate the audiences. He has begun with both compressed and widespread allegories to explain and deny some his religious teachings and inner mystical experiences. In this research is studied function and structure of allegory in Ma'aref and is proved by mentioning samples of the book to say Bahá'u' Walad didn’t use this rethorical element to embellish his speech but to justify and instill religious beliefs and mystical experiences.
ﻗﺮآن ﻛﺮﻳﻢ، (1383)، ﺗﺮﺟﻤﻪ اﻟﻬﻲﻗﻤﺸﻪ ای، تهران: چاپچانه اعتماد.
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