Ethical Teachings of Ganj Shayegan (Shayegan Treasure) an imitation work from Golestan

The aim of the creation of humans being is the attainment of a perfect status. This requires the achievement of ethical virtues under education. Hence, the prophets have set their goals for the teaching of ethical virtues as well. There are abundant of educational and ethical messages in the Quran verses. The poets and authors have dealt with these topics with an inspiration from the verses of Quran. One of the great poet and author who have the most influential effect on the ethics as an ethics scholar was Sheikh Ajal Saadi, who has been regarded as a model by most people preceding him. Mirza Riaz, the author of the book of Ganj Shayegan, was among his school disciple who was living several centuries after him. Mirza Riaz has made a clear imitation of Golestan in his book. He was not only a master for the literary style of Golestan in form and expression, but also he has quoted his wise words and expressions from Golestan. He has set Golestan as a unique book for the quotations of his spiritual and verbal expressions. Mirza Riaz has followed his teacher in advising moral manners and in avoiding immoral manners. In this way he has coped with this topic as a master. He has counsels which are apt to read. These moral counsels are regarded as admonitions for the social and individual moral purifications. Ethics aims to construct a society with no oppressions, corruption and brutality towards perfection. This paper has applied the ethical values in Ganj Shayegan on the basis of the religious teachings.