Critical Discourse Analysis in Ain al-Qudat Tamhidat Based on Norman Clough Theory

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

Mehdi Nosrati ¹ , Habibullah J adid al-Islam ² , Ahmad Reza Kikhai Farzaneh ³

1 - PhD student in Persian language and literature, Zahedan branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran (Corresponding Author)
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.

Received: 2021-12-08 Accepted : 2022-04-16 Published : 2022-09-21

Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Islamic Mysticism, Norman Clough Theory, Preparations, Hamedani Ain al-Qudat,

Abstract :

 Ain al-Qudat Hamedani with the full name of Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ali Mianji Hamedani (525-492 AH) is one of the most famous mystics who has left various works in the fields of mysticism, philosophy and religion in Persian and Arabic. Preparations is one of his most important Persian works, which, in addition to its importance in mysticism, is noteworthy in terms of poetic prose. Hamedani has written this work with the aim of preventing the followers and seekers from going astray from the right path of mysticism and Sufism. Disciples and seekers are not written, but are a continuation of a discourse that was formed a century ago with the initiative of mystics such as Bayazid Bastami and Hossein Mansour Hallaj in opposition to the ruling discourse; A point that seems to have not been viewed from this perspective so far. Therefore, in this research, the author has tried to reveal the intellectual system of the same Ain al-Qudat in opposition to the prevailing politics in a descriptive-analytical manner, relying on the theoretical framework of critical discourse analysis and Norman Colafe's theory, and with library tools. The result of the research indicates that the preparations are a purely religious and ideological work to legitimize mystical ideas, which seeks to strengthen the counter-discourse of militant mysticism against the ideas of the ruling power with quasi-ideological and ideological centrality.