Pantheistic Thought in Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi's Poem
Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism
Seyyed Mehdi Masboogh
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Mehri Ghaderi Beebak
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1 - دانشیار زبان و ادبیات عربی دانشگاه بوعلی سینا.
2 - دانشجوی دکتری زبان و ادبیات عربی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی قم.
Keywords: Fana Fy Allah, mysticism, Pantheism, Mystical Poem, Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi,
Abstract :
Pantheism is one of the key concepts in Islamic Sufism and always some parts of mystics' ideas have allocated to it. Pantheist is the belief that God is the only realistic being and all the creatures and the entire universe represent the existence of God. This mystical approach was reflected in Arabic literature extensively and mystic poets have expressed it in various ways in their poetry. Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi, the writer and poet of Ottoman era, is one of these poets who has rendered to pantheistic thought specifically inasmuch as it is the main content of his poems in the court so called "Divan al-haghaegh va majmou al- raghaegh". In this article, by using content-analysis method, different aspects of pantheism are evaluated in Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi's poetry. The results demonstrate that pantheism in Nablusi's poem has three leyers; manifestation of the essence of God in existence, unity of the human soul with the spirit of God and in other words fana fy Allah, and third layer consists of ratiocinations and exemplifications that he has spoken out in favor of this idea.