Aesthetics of ‘Repetition’ in Sahifeh Sajjadiyeh in the Light of Arafeh Prayer

Sahifeh Sajjadiyeh is one of the most valuable religious texts in which its literary features of the subject attract attention. Repetition is one of the stylistic phenomena that are remarkably significant in this noble book, especially in the prayer of Arafeh. It is evident in consonants, vowels, words, sentences and phrases. Repetition in the prayer of Arafeh gives this noble prayer a beautiful music, tailored to the discourse of the text. In this research, which has been developed using an analytical method, ‘repetition’ in Arafeh (knowledge) prayer (No. 47) from Sahifeh Sajjadiyeh has been analyzed. One of the results obtained from this research is that Imam Sajjad (p.b.u.h) did not use the repetition randomly, but He used it as an intonation, pause between notes (Iqaa), and a musical element consciously, in order to express the meaning of the word with giving an intonation to the text and to penetrate it into the soul and the spirit of the audience. It should be noted that there is a close relationship between the two levels of phonetic and implicational in this prayer.