Mystical Time in Mawlânâ Rumi and Hâfez work

Time is one of our life’s realities and one of the dimensions of our existence. It exerts its power over mankind، leading him to his eventual demise. Thus it occupies an important place in the man’s imagination. Realizing the mortality of man and of the ephemeral characteristic of the material world، and in other words، of the indisputable power of time، the mystics tried to conquer time and، through mysticism،to transform the mortal man into an eternal one. This study is an attempt to define themystic time in Iranian mystic poetry of Mawlânâ Rumi and Hâfez. To do this، we rely on the methods of the imaginary and the thematic criticisms expressed primarily by Gaston Bachelard، Georges Poulet، Gilbert Durand and Jean-Pierre Richard.