Imagery Techniques in the Prose of Mystical Preaching in the 5th Century

The prose of Islamic mystical meetings in the fifth century has characteristics that distinguish them from other literary prose. Features that can be investigated in both verbal and spiritual fields. Due to the fact that most of the audience of mystical gatherings were from the middle class and the common people, the need to use some rhetorical categories such as allegory, simile, symmetry, personification, and use of ironic compounds is inevitable. Meanwhile, some imagery techniques have a special place and importance in mystical works. In this article, an attempt has been made to explain and examine the rhetorical elements in the prose of the mystical preaching of the fifth century and to mention the importance of using them in the path of teaching mystical concepts, by bringing examples from prose books in the field of mystical preaching, and to discuss and examine how the Sheikhs benefit from these techniques.