Clothing and its Symbols in Mystical Literature

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Ali Akbar Afrasiabpour ¹ (Associate Professor, Islamic Mysticism, Faculty Member, Shahid Rejaei Teachers Training University.)
Yadullah Bahmani Motlaq ² (Associate Professor, Persian Language and Literature, Faculty Member, Shahid Rejaei Teachers Training University.)

Received: 2021-04-07 Accepted : 2021-04-07 Published : 2021-03-21

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Abstract :

Clothes and gourds in Islamic mysticism are considered to be worn and used from cover to cover as a symbol of movement in various meanings and have given special effects to the mystical literature in poetry and prose. This article examines the examples of mystic and Sufi clothing according to their symbols and its reflection in the mystical literature. Graffiti covers the most important part of the Sufis' veil, signifying a spiritual connection with the spiritual master and the elder, symbolizing austerity and disregard for the world and for the journey. Dressing a thousand stitches in a thousand divine names, "Qasemi" dressed as Chuck and a symbol of the plurality and martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and so on are other spiritual symbols. The most important characteristic of the mystic's "color" and "shape" was that the symbols of white, black, sweatshirt were more than other colors, and the simple shape of the short, patchy and old cup was also a common symbol of ignorance.