A Comparative Study of Sugar in Sahifa Al-Sajjadieh and Bustan Al-Saadi
Subject Areas : Persian Language & Literature
1 - Researcher and Literary Olympiad Medalist
Keywords: Gratitude, Imam Sajjad (AS), Sa’di, Sahifeh al-Sajjadieh, Golestan, Boostan, The Collection Poem of Sa’di.,
Abstract :
Gratitude means being grateful and praising God and every good person in all kinds of ways. Gratitude is one of the beautiful manifestations of servitude and morality that is praised by all nations with different beliefs. Special attention has been paid to this issue in the Holy Quran, the supplications and hadiths of the Infallible (AS), and works of Persian poetry and prose. In the Sahifeh al-Sajjadiyah, in a religious and mystical context, in several supplications, including supplication 15 and supplication 23, and especially supplication 37 (a prayer in confessing one’s guilt in giving thanks), the issue of gratitude is raised. Saadi al-Shirazi also addressed this issue in his Bustan and Golestan, especially in the eighth chapter of the Bustan (in gratitude for well-being). In this article, after getting acquainted with the thoughts of Imam Sajjad (AS) and the poetry of Saadi Shirazi on the subject of gratitude, the author has compared and contrasted the views of Imam Sajjad (AS) and Saadi, introduced the similarities and differences, dimensions and angles of expressing gratitude in these two contexts, and examined them based on their epistemological themes. The result is that Saadi's thoughts are derived from Islamic teachings and do not contradict the views of Imam Sajjad (AS), but he has paid less attention to some profound points such as rewarding the grateful and the good-doers, accepting a little worship from servants, forgiving servants out of kindness and not because they deserve it, some divine attributes such as forgiveness, excellence, kindness, giving opportunity to servants, especially sinners, and giving eternal reward for a short and worldly act.