Comparison and Contrast of Mysticism and Politics in Persian Literature

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Mansour Shaaker ¹ , Parvaneh Adelzadeh ² , Kamran Pashayee Fakhree ³

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Received: 2017-07-30 Accepted : 2018-08-04 Published : 2017-05-22

Keywords: love, Leader, Government, mysticism, Politics,

Abstract :

Upon getting together, people think about what kind of abilities they have to apply. The intimate union made between the purpose to do something and the follower as exists in mysticism plus the ones available in politics brings about that kind of power that would be able to manage the differences and make it something productive. Therefore, there is no wave out of some drops; rather, it is found within the accumulation of drops, even sharks and ships. Thus, how the unions are made and their contrast and comparison, namely mysticism and politics, is the title of the paper. Above all, the power of poetry bearing the burden of mysticism and politics meaning, and upon the conflict between power and love, poetry makes an artistic work and just like a dexterous judge, it may sometimes make mysticism overcome politics while some other times politics ruins love and mysticism as for which Persian literary works make these kinds of comparisons and contrasts turn out to look bitter and sweet just like a hero. Mysticism and politics create utopia through their comparisons and bring about changes for individuals and society through their contrasts. This paper depicts a small portion of the above arena via dealing with the power of politics and mysticism existing in Persian literary works. Accordingly, love and politics have common features in leadership, solidarity, and individual and social sublimity, social convergence, inclination toward violence, and so on, whereas in cases including rationality, affection, materialism and forcefulness, spirituality, flexibility and smoothness, and decisiveness, they have contrasts so that to deal with poetry and prose works concerning mysticism and politics in Persian literature requires various separate books respectively