• Dr. Abdur Rahman Mullah

TOPIC: ROLE OF MYSTIC PHILOSOPHER IN THE FIELD OF ARABIC POETRY Abstract: A mystic seeks by contemplation and self surrender to obtain union with or absorption into the divinity or believes in the spiritual apprehension of truth beyond the understanding. A mystic philosopher is one who takes the tension toward the transcendent divine ground of being as the cardinal attribute of human reality and explores the whole hierarchy of being from the decisive perspective. As we know poetry is the picture of the innermost feeling or imagination of poets and this picture depends upon the nature of thinking. Mystical poetry largely deals with the Sufi metaphysics. It may be defined as the representation of emotional feelings of Divine Love to God playing with visions of mystical reality through imagination, meditation, self realization as well as application of intellect in search of reality of universe with a rational expression in the form of poetry having vibrating and rhythmic musical sound. Arabic mystical poetry may be considered to be the ideal vehicle for spreading esoteric knowledge and vision of mystical realities. Mystical philosophy in Islam has included all intellectual perspectives, which considered not only reason, but also the heart intellect. In fact, heart intellect is the main instrument for the gaining of true knowledge. The most influential school of mystical philosophy came into existence with shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi, who founded the school of Ishraq or illumination. Mystical philosophy is consists of several main strands, ranging from Isma’ili thought to the metaphysics of al- Ghazzali, Ibn al- ‘Arabi and with a continuing powerful presence of scholars in the contemporary Islamic world. Mystical thinkers were conscious that they were advocating an approach to thinking and knowledge, which differed from much of the peripatetic traditions. However, they established a systematic approach which was often continuous with that tradition.

mystic, metaphysics, Mystical philosophy, peripatetic traditions.

"ROLE OF MYSTIC PHILOSOPHER IN THE FIELD OF ARABIC POETRY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.168-172, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905F24.pdf

"ROLE OF MYSTIC PHILOSOPHER IN THE FIELD OF ARABIC POETRY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp168-172, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905F24.pdf