Gudssyn inom den sufiska poesin
En jämförelse mellan Jalal ad-din Rumi och Fakhr al-din Araqi
The purpose of this essay is to compare the works of Jalal ad-din Rumi and Fakhr al-dinAraqi to see which ideas of God the two writers want to convey. Rumi and Araqi weretwo actors in the mystical dimension of Islam, who lived in the thirteenth century inwhat is today Turkey. Both were of Persian birth and their works were written inPersian.The material I have chosen to work with is Lama´at by Araqi and parts of theMasnavi by Rumi. Both of them have been translated into Swedish by Ashk Dahlén.The theoretical premiss is taken from Influence in art and literature by GöranHermerén. My method is to find images for God in the texts to see which ideas of Godthe two writers want to convey.My review shows that many of the images come from the Koran and speak ofpersonal qualities of God. Some of them also specify that God is not located at the samelevel as the humans. A few passages compare God with natural phenomenon like thesun and the ocean. To sum up, God is represented as a powerful being who does notexist on the same level as the humans.By applying Hermerén´s theory, I conclude that there are influences between the twowriters. Their work and the images they have chosen are similar in many aspects. Theseinfluences are most likely the result of the fact that both of the writers existed within thesame cultural context and under the influence of Ibn Arabi.