خلاصة:
“Death” and “life” have always been one of the issues that human beings have had over the years to examine its truth in order to succeed in the philosophy of the existence of these two important things. Death and life have always been one of the issues that humans over the years have been focusing on exploring the truth, so that they can understand the two of these important issues (namely, death and life) in the existential philosophy. Obviously, such an important issue concerns the minds of the poets who are more sensitive to ordinary people and just because of this, among the poets, some of them put the subject of death and life as their own effects to express their thoughts and concerns about it. The present study is a comparative study based on the American school and descriptive-analytic approach to the viewpoint of Abu al-ʿAlaʾ al-Maʿarri (973-1057), Arabic poet of the Age of Abbasid, and Shoorideh Shirazi (1897-1926), a Persian poet of the Qajar era on the subject. In this research, after referring briefly to the life of two blind poets, the similarities and uncertainties of their viewpoint about the two themes of "death" and "life" have been examined and the reaction of these two poets and the results of their views on these two issues are expressed. Findings of the research show that the views of both poets on the important issue of "death" and "life" are fundamentally different in some cases. Shoorideh Shirazi believes that life is a way of achieving eternal bliss and happiness and in his view, death is starting again, but Abu al- ʿAlaʾ al-Maʿarri loses his life in the face of death because of fear, and has a pessimistic view of life.
ملخص الجهاز:
The blind Arab poet Abul Ala al-Ma'arri also has a special attitude toward death, in such a way that in his poetic works, especially in "Luzumiyat," we witness his pure thoughts regarding death and life: "Natural religions without similarity that were Ma'arri's lot, and many sciences that he learned through the power of seriousness and effort, caused him to produce several books and treatises in verse and prose and to speak on many subjects of literature, lexicography, philosophy, religion, and society, especially in Saqt al-Zand, Luzumiyat, and the treatise al-Ghufran, which is a philosophical treatise" (Al-Fakhoury, 1995: 501).
6. Discussion and Analysis Before addressing the investigation of common themes in the poetry of Abul Ala al-Ma'arri and Shurideh Shirazi, familiarity with the lives of the two poets is necessary for a better understanding of their worldview, their attitude toward death and life, and also the factors influencing this type of attitude.
Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri believes that no part of the universe is safe from destruction and, ultimately, non-existence will encompass the world; however, Shurideh, although knowing that human life will one day come to an end, speaks with grandeur to time because of its haste in removing it, so that perhaps he may find even a small opportunity for living.
7. Conclusion The present research was dedicated to a comparative study of death and life in the poems of Abu al-Ala Ma'arri and Shurideh Shirazi.
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