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Sufi Poetry and Symbolism:
From a River to the Divine Dark in Shamas Faqir’s Poetry

Dr Sajad Hussain Wani


Shamas Faqir
Courtesy: https://muslimcultureinkashmir.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/what-do-you-know-about-shamas-faqir-of-kashmir/

Abstract

This paper explores some of the recurring symbols as observed in the poetry of Shamas Faqir, a nineteenth century Sufi Poet. The paper presents an account of how mystic thought and mystic symbolism complement each other to foreground the universal mystic experience. The paper is based on simple textual analysis and presents a coherent explanation of the mystic experience irrespective of any particular theoretical framework which may be outlined by some readers.

Keywords: Mysticism, Sufism, Symbolism, Mystic Experience, Mystic union.

Introduction

Shamas Faqir is a well-known nineteenth century Kashmiri spiritual whose spiritual verses have stood test of time and have enjoyed immense success in the Kashmiri literature and culture. Shamas Faqir is regarded as a great Sufi poet whose poetry captures the essence of spiritual teachings in Kashmir. Shamas’s poetry is the poetry of a sufi who is lost in the bliss of love which crosses all the boundaries of time and space. A musical quality, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, consonance, repetition and other stylistic devices are so naturally concentrated in his poetic expression of Sufi experience. The Sufi poetry of this great Kashmiri poet has a deep sense of music which reverberates in the mind of a reader or listener of Shamas. The poetry of shamas is of universal significance and local and universal elements combined in such a harmony that one forgets the limitations of time and space.

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Dr. Sajad Hussain Wani, M.Phil., Ph.D. in Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
University of Kashmir
Hazratbal
Srinagar-190006
Jammu and Kashmir
India
wani.sajad@gmail.com
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