From Misogyny to Feminism in Hadiqat al-Haqiqa of Sanai مقالة

خلاصة:

According to the extensive and precise research of the masters in the field of Persian literature studies, Hakim Sanai Ghaznavi—the great poet of the fifth century—is among the first to blend romantic terminology with Sufi terminology and create a new design. On the other hand, in both the realms of love and mysticism, beauty is at its peak, and since woman is the manifest appearance of beauty, the beloved has always manifested in the form of a woman; for this reason, Sanai's approach to the concept of woman can be justified. Of course, in Sanai's poetry, woman, like other beings, is not considered an essential entity and only has a manifest aspect; meaning, if the evils of women are spoken of in his words, it is not proof of the inherent evil of women, and conversely, speaking of her virtues is not based on her innate purity. Given that among this poet's works, 'Hadiqat al-Haqiqa' is a more complete work in expressing Sanai's thoughts, this research has been conducted with reference to this mystical work.