Content study and analysis of Attar Neyshabouri's Elahiname

Prayers are one of the innate needs of human beings and more visible in the works of mystics and poets. Sheikh Farid al-Din Attar Neyshabouri, one of the leaders of Persian mystical poetry, is trying to quench his thirst for love of God. In his works, he sometimes prays directly to God and Sometimes, in the language of the heroes of stories, he deals with mystery and need for God. Prayers in his poems are sometimes for the pure praise of God, sometimes for the needs of oneself or others, and sometimes for complaint and protest. One of Attar's exclusive characteristics in composing prayers is to bring prayers after narrating the story in such a way that the content of the prayers is similar to the content of the story. Attar is inspired by the content of the story and pretends to be a fictional character, in this way he states the need.Elahiname is the most praiseworthy work of Attar's work, the first of which is the pure praise of God, and from the very beginning, there has been a demand and a wide range of needs, and Attar wants God's mercy and forgiveness. Most of Attar's indirect prayers in this mathnavi are in the form of a debate between the fictional character of the story of God or Gabriel, Hatef, or the unseen voice. This research examines and analyzes the content of Attar's prayers in this mathnavi.