A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GOD ATTRIBUTES IN THE HADIQAT AL-HAQIQA AND DIVANE SHAMS

Abstract

God Cognition and thinking about Him has been one of the most important concerns of man throughout the history. Scholars, philosophers, and poets have thought about the dimensions of God Cognition and describing his attributes. In the meantime, the poets have expressed and described God and his attributes in poetry because of magical power of poetry and influenced by religious views and life experiences. "Sanai Ghaznavi" (Sixth-century) and Jalaluddin Balkhi Rumi (seventh-century) are poets who have shown such interest in their own poetry. Both Sana'i and Rumi recognize the inability of man to understand God through the manifestations and works of God in nature. Sana'i's view is more influenced by the Qur'an and it is similar to the Mu'tazilites and Shiites, and Rumi's approach is more influenced by his particular romantic mysticism. Both acknowledge God's mercy as a source of need.