The Mystical Poems of Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati and Sohrab Sepehri: A Comparative Study

Love and mysticism have a very close relationship with each other and in Arabic and Persian literature many poets have dealt with them. The mystical poems of Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati and Sohrab Sepehri represent their mystical approaches. The study of the poetry of these two poets shows that both of them are influenced by Oriental and Islamic mysticism. By employing descriptive-analytical method, the present article attempts to study the common themes, such as religious modern point of view, religious pluralism, Utopia, preaching the good news, life and death, in the poems of these two poets.