Analysis of the Role of Love in Islamic Mysticism from Sanai's Perspective

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Fariba Shaker ¹ , Sousan Alerasoul ² , Zarrinta j Parhizkar ³

1 - دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد عرفان اسلامی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج.
2 - استاد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج.
3 - استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج.

Received: 2017-02-05 Accepted : 2018-08-04 Published : 2017-01-20

Keywords: Sanai, Islamic Mysticism, love, beloved, lover,

Abstract :

In this article, by extracting and analyzing Sanai's poems from his work collections, his perspective on love - the significant element in Islamic Mysticism - is determinedThat is the love which flows through the whole world and is the cornerstone of creation and its hidden essence; the love which the beloved himself has planted its seed in the lover's heart and by cunning and numerous tricks attracts the lover to himself; the love which leads the lover to the place where he does not see himself and it is only the beloved who emanates him because the soul of the lover is the same as the manifestation of the beloved