Document Type : Research Paper
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PhD Student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
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Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
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Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
Abstract
The amazing gift of imagination is one of the most valuable human assets and the foundation of the Sufi language of the mystics. The works of the Sufi masters are filled with profound divine and human thoughts in a language full of imagination. One of these greats is “Ruzbehan Baqli” whose element of imagination has a special place in understanding his system of thought. “Gilbert Durand” is a contemporary French theorist in the field of imaginative criticism who has done valuable work in understanding imagination and classifying images into two major systems of imagination: daily and nocturnal. In this study, we aim to present a new reading of imaginary figures in Ruzbehan's Risalat-ul-Quds using a descriptive-analytical method and the application of Duran's imaginary theory. The findings of the study show that due to the author's mystical spirit and the educational aspect of the work, there are many bipolar images in the text, in which the battle and conflict of these images can be seen. In the Duran's reading, the most prominent imaginary images of Ruzbehan tend towards the daily system of imaginations with positive values, and ascending forms (such as the kingdom, angels, the king, the heavens, the sky, the mountain, ladder) and spectacular forms (such as light, manifestation, beauty, beauty, bride, mirror, sun) are the most frequent images that Ruzbehan's refuge is from decline and darkness to ascension and light; therefore, it has enabled the author to control and overcome the fear of the passage of time and death.
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