Murid and Murad : discursive elements in attar’s divine letter

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Islamic mysticism is a source of rich thoughts and purely mystical thoughts that have come to guide human beings.

Attar Neishabouri is one of the mystics who presents a collection of pure works of Islamic mysticism which can be examined from various aspects.

One of these views is the kind of dialogue between Murid and Murad as well as the arrangements having been predicted by the poet to express his ideas (in the role of murad) to his readers (as murid).

In Islamic mysticism, the type of transmission of a message without the flexibility of the mentor to the disciple who does not give the place to others is not possible.

Such a rigor has been to some extent subsided due to the indirect method of transmission in the Divine Letter.

In addition to review of Attar's anecdote and the manner in which the poet enters these stories, authors aim to explain the way he ends the stories, the way he employs the role of Murad, and the way he addresses audiences.

Moreover, it explores the Murid and Murad communicate in different stories to represent a conclusion.