Interpretation of the Intertextual Context of Sufism and Jāmi’s Mysticism in Baharestan Based on Fairclough Theory

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Fatemeh  Ghasemian ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، واحد انار، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، انار، ایران.)
Pouran  Yousefipour Kermani ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Pomegranate Branch, Islamic Azad University, Anar, Iran)
Asieh  Zabihnia ³ (دانشیار گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، دانشگاه پیام نور یزد، یزد، ایران.)

Received: 2021-02-27 Accepted : 2021-06-07 Published : 2022-12-22

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Abstract :

Abd al-Rahman Jāmi is a famous poet and writer of the ninth century AH, who is in fact the end of the great Persian poets and is considered the greatest poet after the era of Hafez. Jāmi is a professional Sufi poet who uses Sufi terms in his poetry and prose, and in Baharestan, many examples of good mystical thoughts can be found. Jami has expressed these thoughts mostly in short stories. Throughout Baharestan, Jāmi does not forget his main goal and purpose as a teacher of ethics and mysticism, and teaches readers of mysticism and ethics. Jāmi, like many mystics, considers the main goal of mysticism through the stages of mystical education or the journey of the houses of conduct, which begins with repentance and ends with annihilation, to be the essence of truth, which is the goal of every mystic. In this research, the author uses a descriptive-analytical method and a library method to study the intertextual context of Jāmi’s Sufism and mysticism in Baharestan and to answer the question of how Jāmi in Baharestan uses mystical themes to express his educational and moral goals. Studying Jāmi's mystical ideas in Baharestan concludes that Jāmi has shown interest in Iranian mysticism and the theories of Sheikhs in Khorasan and has used extensive mystical themes along with anecdotes for guidance and instruction as well as teaching others.