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The Mystical Love is a central subject in Sufism. The subject of Love occupies special place in Iranian Sufism, in which description of human beauty and human Love was an important component. The article covers some aspects of Mystical Love on the base of such writings as “Sawanih fi-l-‘ishq” (“Revelations about Love”) by Ahmad al-Ghazali (d. 520/1126), “Lawa'ih” (“Splendours”) by ‘Ain al-Qudat al-Hamadani (492-525/1098-1131), poems of Attar (d. 617/1220 or 632/1234) “Mantiq at-Tair” (“Language of the

Birds”), “Musibat-nameh” (“Book of Affliction”), “Ilahi-nameh” (“The Book of the Divine”), Asrar-nameh” (“Book of Secrets”).
Translated title of the contributionThe Mystical Love in medieval Persian writings
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)67-89
JournalИран-Наме
Issue number3-4(51-52)
StatePublished - 25 Dec 2019

    Research areas

  • MYSTICAL LOVE, IRANIAN SUFISM, SUFI LITERATURE, PERSIAN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

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