اندرزهاى سياسى سنايى در مثنوى حديقه و سرچشمه هاى آن

Sanaiʹs political preaches in the Hadighat-al-Haghigha

Hadighatol-Haghigha by Sanaʹi of Ghazne consists of different didactical trends. Alongside esoteric training, which is the main aim of this Masnawi, one can detect a special political undercurrent or "political Adab", the origin of which is different from Sufism. This is the political preaching, which is rooted in pre-lslamic Persian literature. The political preaching forms a homiletic trait in the Persian Masnavi tradition. This trait took shape in Shahname by Ferdowsi and after that, in Asadyʹs Garshaspnameh and some prose works as Nasihat-olmoluk by Ghazali, and later this tradition appeared in Hadighe of Sanaʹi. The keynote of this political preaching is the concept of justice and persuading the king toward it.