عناصرديني درشعر ابوالفرج روني

Religious Elements in Abu-l-Faraj-e Runiʹs Poems

Abu-l-Faraj-e- Runi is one of the poets of the 5th century A.H who had a gift of religious and scientific knowledge and predisposed Persian poetry to be scientifically enriched. What he accomplished was to bring about a gradual change in the style of Persian poetry, from Khorasani style to Iraqi style. This own poems partly regard religious issues. Being a eulogizer of politicians, he was so wise to their interests. Therefore, he made the best of the Quranic verses to praise his subjects into divine figures and exaggeratingly equate them with apostles, those who can ascend to the heaven and justifiably wage holy wars to expand their sovereignty and, in effect, Islam! Unlike his contemporaries who wished the eulogized would live as long as natural elements, Abu-l-Faraj wished them immortality like that of Islam. This article focuses on Abu-1- Farojʹs cherishing of religious elements in five categories: religious references, religious means and resources of the eulogized, the eulogized viewed as holy combatants, their immortality, and divine man.