Happiness-orientation and its Didactic aspects in Ghazals of Shams

Happiness is a mental and internal phenomenon and has an active role and presence in human’s individual and social life. Therefore it has been glorified in Islamic mysticism and religion.Didactic views of happiness are considered as the most important roles of it in mysticism. Theghazals of Jalalu’d-Din Muhammad MolaviBalkhi – named as “Shams-i-TabriziGhazals”- are in a high importance and dignity according to the amount of happiness subject usage in it. This paper tries to study happiness-orientation factors and symptoms after defining happiness especially from the mystic and didactic view. The study and survey of Molana’sgazals demonstrates that he was a happiness-orientated poet and has used the features of the didactic applications of happiness to convey his mystic thoughts in a great deal.