The Presence of Angels in Hafez & Imam Khomeini Poetry with the Approach of Quranic Intertextuality

Angels are inconspicuous beings that god created them to serve through his orders. On the other hand, it is intertextuality which is the method of text convergence, based on impressionability from previous texts and the influence on later texts. The current research is qualitative research with the descriptive-analytical method based on library resources and with the aim of investigating the role of angels in the poetry of Hafez of Shiraz and Imam Khomeini, it has been compiled based on Quranic intertextuality. Both Hafez and Imam Khomeini had mystical tendencies and regarding the fact that they had complete familiariaty with the word of God, therefore the dominant theme of their poems is based on mysticism. Angels as executors of God's orders, which mostly have a formative identity, are well considered by Hafez and Imam Khomeini. They pointed to a wide range of angel's activities; both aspects of mercy and wrath and also in between which depend on reaction to human behavior, were regarded.