Sufi symbols in the poetry of Sheikh Baha'i

Abstract

Sufi poetry is the pinnacle in Arabic poetry, and this poetry knows its value only for those who have a fine taste. Because it touches the passion of the heart and enjoys the soul and elevates it to the highest levels. Sufi literature represents a type of fine literature. It carries with it the highest meanings of spiritual transcendence and its characteristics. The Sufi heritage, like any intellectual or religious school of thought, has its own language and terminology that distinguishes it from others, and that contains the opinions and beliefs of the Sufis. And we have come across Sheikh Baha’i, like other poets, who tended to use this language in its symbolic and indicative dimension to suggest his thoughts and emotions, to go beyond the scope of the familiar to suggestiveness and ambiguity, and this is for two reasons, one of them: being careful not to make explicit what he shuffles in himself, and secondly: as he considered The symbol is one of the special aesthetic methods used by poets to expand the horizons of the poetic image. This study attempts to investigate the Sufi symbols dealt with by the Baha’i Sheikh in his collection, and to reveal the concept of these symbols, which are the self-striving for the sake of knowing God, the special worship of Him, the constant presence of God, and their connotations in his poetry.