Manifestation of Elements of Eternity and Remedy for Death In Mystical Prose

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Neda Hajinoruzi, ¹ , Mohammadreza Hasanijalilian ² , Seyyed Mohsen Hosseini ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری زبان و ادبیات فارسی، دانشگاه لرستان،ایران.
2 - دانشیار گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، دانشگاه لرستان،ایران. نویسنده مسئول: [e-mail]
3 - دانشیار گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، دانشگاه لرستان،ایران.

Received: 2020-08-25 Accepted : 2020-10-23 Published : 2023-09-23

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Abstract :

The instinctive and emotional reactions of human beings to the fear of death have been evident from the era when myths were dominant until the present time. Attending to narrations and beliefs formed by this subject indicate that human beings first created some concepts such as achieving the water of life, reaching the life tree, dragon slaying, transmogrification and metamorphosis, and invulnerability to depict the immortality of this world; however, accepting this fact that the immortal life in this mortal world is impossible has resulted in reducing their thirst of immortality by discussing some concepts including the persistence of name, generation, material and lasting righteous deeds and, more importantly, transfer and ascending to the realm of immortality. Finally, the most natural human response, i.e., the desire to have an immortal life after death, has always been mentioned in many religions. The problem here is how these issues are discussed in the mystical prose and, the more importantly, whether the mystics have specifically discussed a solution for overcoming the fear of death or nothingness. Therefore, some mystical prose examples up to the 7th century were studied through a descriptive and analytical method. The research results show the Muslim mystics have been influenced by the immortality symbols and narrations as well as the human thinking developments; but the most important item is that a group of mystics with a special understanding of the story of Fall of Adam from the Heaven take for granted the immortality removal as a result of the immortality claim and introduce the real immortality which is subject to Eagerness of Inexistence. They believe that passing the everlasting time is necessary for reaching real immortality and being the pure nothingness in union with the creator and become the eternally lost.