Style and Rhetoric of Attar in prayer

Prayer as a form of religious behavior is intended to seek contact with the existence of the eternal that the individual worshiper bounces him as his creator or spiritual being into consideration.Worshipping is performed in different ways in various religions. Since the old days the ways of praying and worshiping among people as one of the most important elements of religious teachings have been of great interest to researchers. Attar is a prominent Sufi poet and genius of the Persian language who takes advantage of prayer to express his moral and spiritual lessons. He offers many of his sublime lessons in these prayers and teaches his audience directly and indirectly and visualizes many humans’ inabilities and perplexities on Earth and praying God, in the light of hope. He speaks of life and spiritual life and death that can offer solutions for the problems of human or to conform him or offer him sympathy and help.In some cases, the prayers criticize most of the problems, disorders, and power relations of the society. This study investigates some of Attar’s prayers and their features in his couplet-poems