“Death” in Poems of Rumi and Henry Vaughan Based on Mulla Sadra's Theory of Substantial Motion: A Comparative Study

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1 Kharazmi university

2 urmia universiuty

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The issue of death has been one of the main issues of concern to most of the world’s poets and philosophers. Well-known poets such as Rumi in Persian poetry and Henry Vaughan in English literature have addressed this issue a lot in their poems. They Not only don’t consider death as the end of life, but also introduce it as the gate of the eternal life. Furthermore, Mullah Sadra, the great Islamic and Iranian philosopher, also considers death to be a release from the bondage of the body, because human beings tend to connect with the eternal essence of God due to their substantial motion. According to mystics and theosophist, it is better for a person to experience death before physical death by ignoring physical ties, so that he can cope with it more easily and join the eternal essence of God, which is his goal. The present research deals with the descriptive-analytical investigation of Rumi and Henry Vaughan’s poems based on Mulla Sadra's opinions regarding the issue of death. The results of the researches show that although these three people lived in historical, linguistic and geographical periods far from each other, they have many similar personal and religious beliefs regarding death.
 

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Journal of Poetry Studies (boostan Adab)

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Available Online from 16 November 2024

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