آفاق الحضارة الاسلامية

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Manifestations of Sufi discourse and its elements in Soad Al-Sabah's poetry

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Amir Farhangnia 1
Mahsa Fallah 2
1 Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran,
2 Master of Arabic Language and Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran,
10.30465/afg.2026.50886.2216
Abstract
Sufi literature is distinguished by its sublime meanings and transcendent qualities. Sufi discourse is a pure stance emanating from divine love and affection, a cleansing of the material world, and liberation from the prison of the body. Contemporary poetry has succeeded in reflecting Sufi thought and its components to the reader. Regarding Sufi poems, some female poets have managed to express Sufi themes with sincere emotion and fervent feelings, resulting in poems of greater richness and high quality. Among them is the Kuwaiti poet Suad Al-Sabah, who expresses Sufi ideas with the intention of eliminating all the impurities of base expressions, transforming poetic language into a transparent veil that surrounds words, images, symbols, and meanings, thus extracting the greatest expressive energies in language and enabling her to elevate the level of the Sufi experience and embody it in diverse poems. Since the language of poetry is inherently mystical, Suad uses it as raw material, extracting its purest essence—a language devoid of worldly needs and brimming with the highest human meanings. This article examines the mystical discourse and its components in Suad's poetry using a descriptive-analytical approach. It cites, among other findings, that one of the most important components of her mystical discourse is divine love, which culminates in obedience to God, an obedience born of love itself, not fear of punishment. From her perspective, the Sufi's heart is an instrument for attaining divine love, which can only be realized through experience. She journeys on the path to God with her soul, her senses, and her heart. Among the most prominent mystical symbols in her poetry are supplication, the philosophy of existence and annihilation, and faith. There are secrets behind the words, for they are allusions understood only by the Sufi. She is a poet and an artist who plays the role of a mother who has lost her son, beginning with supplication to God. Among the Sufi terms are illusions, imagination, and inspiration, which for her are a means to reach certainty and understand the secrets of the world; she exaggerates illusion and presents herself as an illusion.
Key words : Sufi discourse, Ingredient sufi poet, Kuwait poetry of contemporary, dream , imagination , Saad al – Sabah.

1- Introduction
Sufi literature is distinguished by the most brilliant topics and sublime descriptions. Sufi discourse is an untainted position derived from love, divine love, separation from the material world and liberation from the prison of the body. Contemporary poetry has been able to show the Sufi thought and its elements to the reader. Regarding the Sufi odes, some women poets have been able to express the Sufi themes with honest emotion and fiery feelings; among them, is the Kuwaiti poet, Suaad Al-sabah, who expresses Sufi thoughts in order to transform poetic language to transparent cover. Sufi language is a type of language which is surrounded by words, images and themes to extract the most prominent expression from the language. A subject that allows her to improve the level of Sufi experience and embody it in various poems. Since the language of poetry is naturally Sufi, Soad al- sabah uses it at a raw material that can be extracted from the purest sources. Sufi language is free of any material needs and full of the highest human subjects. The form of Sufi discourse is the emergence of deep Sufi love and its feeling in front of God. In recent decades, Sufi poetry has been searching for symbols of human growth, and Sufism has had a deep and wide impact on contemporary literature.
Materials & methods
The working method in this research is descriptive and analytical.
Discussion & Result
The Sufi themes in the poetry of Soad Al-Sabah are carefully and elegantly expressed in the poetry of Soad al-Sabah, and the poet has been able to use the form of poetry to serve the themes by using divine love and expressing it in a symbolic way, and by influencing the audience, while attracting her attention to expressing Sufi thoughts, she has been able to successfully convey her views and thoughts to the readers of her poetry.
Conclusion
As this writing proves, Soad Al-sabah is one of the most prominent poets of Kuwait, whose Sufi manifestations are manifested in her poetry and the elements of Sufi discourse in her divine love. Sufi signs are shown in the linguistic and visual manifestations of Soads poetic experience, in a way that he uses dreams in her Sufi discourse to express her poetic experience and honest emotions as an imaginary world. She is trying to upgrade the material experience of love to the experience of mystical divine love. Sufi symbolic meanings in Soad al-sabahs poetry occur in purely personal symbols and are not related to universal and general feelings, and in their labels, they show prayer, philosophy of existence, nothingness, and also faith. According to Sabah, Sufi poetic codes are manifested in secrets that only a Sufi person is aware of her point of view, there is no veil between the heart, soul and God, and this is where faith in unity and philosophy is found.
Keywords
Sufi discourse, Ingredient sufi poet, Kuwait poetry of contemporary, dream , imagination , Saad al &‌ndash
Sabah
Subjects

جلوه‌های گفتمان صوفیانه و عناصر آن در شعر سعاد الصباح

امیر فرهنگ نیا[1]

مهسا فلاح بنگده[2]

 

 چکیده

ادبیات صوفیانه با ناب­ترین مضامین و صفات متعالی متمایز می­گردد و گفتمان صوفیانه، جایگاهی ارزشمند دارد که که خاستگاه آن عشق الهی، دست کشیدن از عالم ماده و رهایی از زندان جسم است. شعر معاصر توانسته است اندیشه صوفیانه و عناصر آن را برای خواننده منعکس ساخته و در خصوص قصیده­های صوفیانه، برخی از شاعران زن توانسته­اند مضامین صوفیانه را با عاطفه­ای صادقانه و احساساتی آتشین بیان کنند؛ بنابراین قصیده­های آنان، ارزش بیشتر و کیفیت بهتری را به خود گرفته است. سعاد صباح از جمله آنهایی است که اندیشه­های صوفیانه را با هدف رهایی از تمامی عبارت­های نامأنوس و تبدیل زبان شعر به پوششی شفاف بیان می­کند که با کلمه­ها، تصاویر، نمادها و مضامین احاطه می­شود تا بیشترین بار بیانی در زبان استخراج نماید. موضوعی که به امکان می­دهد سطح تجربه صوفیانه  و تجسم بخشی به آن را در قصیده­های متنوع تعالی بخشد. از آنجایی ماهیت زبان شعر، صوفیانه است، پس سعاد آن را به عنوان ماده­ای خام به کار می­گیرد تا بتوان آن را از پاک­ترین منابع خلاصه کرد. زبانی که از نیازهای دنیوی تهی بوده و سرشار از مضامین والای انسانی است. این مقاله، با رویکرد توصیفی- تحلیلی، گفتمان صوفیانه و عناصر آن را در شعر سعاد الصباح، ارزیابی می کند و بخشی از نتایج تحقیق، حاکی از آن است که مهم­ترین عناصر گفتمام صوفیانه نزد شاعر، عشق الهی است که به اطاعت پنهان خداوند در راستای عشق به او و نه از ترس مجازات می­انجامد؛ بنابراین قلب صوفی از زاویه دید او، ابزاری برای رسیدن به عشق الهی است که تنها با تجربه آن، تجلی می­یابد؛ بنابراین با روح، احساس و قلب خود در راه خداوند حرکت می­کند. از برجسته­ترین نمادهای صوفیانه در شعر او، دعائ، فلسفه هستی، فناء و ایمان است. رازهایی در ورای کلمه­ها وجود دارد؛ چرا که اینها نشانه­هایی هستند که تنها شخص صوفی به آنها پی می­برد؛ بنابراین او شاعر و هنرمندی است که نقش مادری را ایفا می­کند که فرزند خود را از دست داده است؛ پس با دعا به درگاه خداوند شروع می­کند. از جمله وازگان صوفیانه نزد شاعر، اوهام، تخیل و الهام است که برای ابزاری برای دستیابی به یقین و درک رازهای دنیا می­باشد. وی در خصوص وهم مبالغه نموده و خود را به عنوان تصورهای توهم آمیز معرفی می­کند.

واژگان کلیدی: گفتمان صوفیانه، عناصر شعر صوفی، شعر معاصر کویت، رؤیا، تخیل، سعاد الصباح.


[1] دانشیار زبان وادبیات عربی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران،( نویسنده مسئول  ) a-farhangnia@sbu.ac.ir

 

[2] کارشناس ارشد زبان و ادبیات عربی دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران، m.fallahbanagdeh@mail.sbu.ac.ir

 

 

 

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آفاق الحضارة الاسلامية
Volume 29, Issue 1 - Serial Number 57
Spring and Summer
August 2026

  • Receive Date 15 September 2025
  • Revise Date 12 June 2026
  • Accept Date 17 August 2026
  • Publish Date 01 August 2026