The study of Quranic Personalities in Manteqotteir

In this paper, the characters are the divine messengers mentioned in the Quran who communicated the teachings of God to people. The deeds and behavior of these elects have been expressed abundantly in Persian poetry. Attar, the poet of Khorasani style, has mentioned 16 of the Quranic characters in Manteqotteir, and has expressed their life, behavior, as well as their moral characteristics. To push the story forward, he has benefited from the specific characteristics of the prophets such as: Ayoub’s patience, Armor making of David, handsomeness of Josef, and miracle of Mohammad (p.u.h), and there are some beautiful allusions in some of the verses in which the biography of the prophets is connected, in a way, to the mood and behavior of some of the birds.