Analysis of Sanai's Views on the Relationship between Reason and Religion based on Hadiqa and Elegiac Poems

One of the most important concerns of Sanai is confrontation between reason and religion and their commonalties. Sana'i's varied opinions on reason and Sharia have led some to consider him a theologist, and some have called him a religiously devoted poet. In some cases, he has even been considered anti-rationalist. Seemingly, the main reason for these varied reactions to Sana'i’s views on these issues is his consideration of the various aspects of reason and religion. The main question is what reason and sharia meant to Sana'i and under what conditions he preferred reason to sharia and sharia to reason. In this article, adopting a library type of research, we try to explain the contradictions in his statements on this topic. The conclusion is that Sana'i did not see any conflict between rationality and religiosity. He rather considered the two to be complementary at a level that transcend linguistic expression.