The Textual Criticism and Structural Analysis of Asfazari's Dah Majles

The subject of the present paper is to investigate the Dah Majles written by Asfazari. This work belongs the ninth century AH, and is part of the Persian and educational prose. The book is spelled out orally in ten sections by the mystical followers and is written by disciples and enthusiasts. In this article, the author has tried to introduce this valuable work of Timurid period by using a descriptive-analytical method of the content to examine the structure and textology of this work from speech viewpoint and to reveal its stylistic features. The most important finding of the research is the outstanding mystical aspect of the work. In addition, the speaker in many cases has brought Quranic verses and many hadiths and tried to explain these issues. Bringing religious and mystical stories, beautiful poetry and austere speech have also attracted the attention of the book's prose. Simplicity and observance of the present requirement have always been of great importance to Asfazari. All these have made this book one of the important works of mystical prose.