THE CHARACTER OF ʿALĪ IN THE POEMS OF NĀSIR-I KHUSRAW AND SANĀ'Ī GHAZNAVĪ NASIR HÜSREV VE SENAİ GAZNEVİ'NİN ŞİİRLERİNDE HZ. ALİ KARAKTERİ

Ali Ibn Tālib was an eminent personality for all times and was focused on by famous gnostic poets. This study focuses on the poetry of Nāsir-i Khusraw and Sanā'ī Ghaznavī among these poets. The main purpose of the article is a particular research of each couplet devoted to ʿAlī by Nāsir-i Khusraw and Sanā'ī Ghaznavi and detection of their sympathy for ʿAlī. One of the poems written by Sanā'ī Ghaznavī and praising ʿAlī is “Adoration for ʿAlī ibn Abi Tālib” in the 24th part of the 3rd Section of Hadigat al-Haqiqa va Shariʿat al-Tariqah (The Garden of Truth and the Path to Trek). The research includes study of Nāsir-i Khusraw’s couplets in his Diwan, while Sanā'ī’s mentioned poem was chosen as a basis for comparison. After a brief description of life and works of the Ismāʿīlī poet Nāsir-i Khusraw and the gnostic poet Sanā'ī Ghaznavī, historical personality and moral features of ʿAlī has been subject to research in the article. The two poets’ couplets introducing and praising ʿAlī ibn Abi Tālib based on Qur’ān verses and sayings of the Prophet have been subject to the study. It may be concluded that both Nāsir-i Khusraw and Sanā'ī Ghaznavī demonstrated ʿAlī’s virtues and magnificence as a person in all spheres and tried to assume that a close approach to ʿAlī was necessary to learn and know Islamic rules, religious law and interpretation of the Qur’ān. Nāsir-i Khusraw and Sanā'ī Ghaznavī actually desired that all people take this perfect person an example for themselves.
Keywords: Literature, Nāsir-i Khusraw, Sanā'ī Ghaznavī, Poem, Imam ʿAlī, Historical Figure, Moral Features.