Mystical Allusions in Hafiz's Sonnet

This paper tries to explain the mystical allusions in Hafiz’s sonnets according to Islamic thoughts, exclusively in NahjulBalaghah, in descriptive analytical method and use of index cards in library searching, out of various source books, as well as the personal implication of the writer. Some of Hafiz’s sonnets taken into account in this paper relate that the spirit of humankind is captured in the cage of body, and of liberated, it will ascend to its authentic source with this idea that the material world is a barrier for itself to get into the world of spirituality and the divinity. In addition, with reference to NahjulBalaghah and verses of the Quran, the sonnets draw a picture of the process in which the spirit returns to its divine source with a more rational and intelligible explanation to the reader; moreover, grown out of the Quranic school and affected by its cognitive teachings, Hafiz reminds the reader of the detachment of soul from its everlasting source by a very heartfelt narration.