Feyz Kashani (died in 1680) was a philosopher and a poet whose poetry, although not literally considerable, holds a very important role in terms of understanding the nature of Persian mystical sonnet. The study of his sonnets shows that...
moreFeyz Kashani (died in 1680) was a philosopher and a poet whose poetry, although not literally considerable, holds a very important role in terms of understanding the nature of Persian mystical sonnet. The study of his sonnets shows that Feyz has benefited the form of sonnets to express prayers, eulogies, and religious advices and sometimes social criticism. The mystical manifestation of his poetry, especially influenced by Ibn Arabi's mysticism, is recognizable in many of his sonnets. In this paper, briefly in the epistemological discussion, an overview has been conducted on the ways of acquiring knowledge and the necessity of inner-self polishing to gain wisdom from the point of Feyz's view. Then, in the ontology section, some of his poems that contain themes such as: the relation between God and universe, the manifestation of unity in plurality, passing the plurality to get unity, the manifestation of the unseen world in intuition, the sacred and holy grace, the mercy and inherent poverty of creatures, the relation between the component and the whole, man as the manifestation of comprehensive name, recreation of samples and mortality of unfair have been analyzed. Fayz's view is influenced by transcendental wisdom; because the mystical and intuitive knowledge are of its epistemic resources. Some of Feyz's sonnets have been selected and examined, in present study, to show how his mystical thoughts are converted into a literary style of expression. The results show that the ideas expressed in these poems have gotten poetic aspect through the order of words, secondary implications, associations and imagination.
