Relentless struggle between soul and his six childrenin Elahi Nameh by Attar Neyshabouri
Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism
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(دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اسلامشهر،استادیار گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، اسلامشهر، ایران)
Keywords: Elahi Namhe, Self, father, soul, Attar Neyshabouri, Children,
Abstract :
Sheikh Farid Aldin Attar, Neyshabour's master, is considered a Sufi poet, a mystic poet and a signification creator. His rhetoric can't be accounted as his mere skill, he is persistence in writing should also be thought of. The significance of his thoughts is heightened in that they reveal the authentic instincts of human beings and the reader is freed from himself and he is attracted to definitive horizons of God's thoughts. Attar's works release his contemplations on mysticism and literature as in Elahi Nameh. This book, in his words, a "Devine Treasure" and his words are "Pure Monotheism" is poem which reflects spiritual and mystical along with mysterious points. This collection is replete with stories and fables. Since attar's works mainly converse about soul, this book is also highlighting the relentless struggle of soul, the soul which belongs to the divine world and not the earth. Attar makes all attempts to return this divine gift safely to its real land. Therefore; soul plays the role of a Caliph with six children. This Caliph fights against any deterrents such as lust, greed, magnanimity, etc since they are born by self and treated as their children and they prevent his travel from temporal world to the divine world.
