Reflection of Qur’anic Mystical Wayfaring Based on Pain, Expectation, and Resistance in the Poetry of Mehrdad Avesta
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Mehrdad Avesta, Quranic mysticism, pain, waiting, resistance, committed poetry, contemporary Persian poetry, literature of sustainabilityAbstract
The poetry of Mehrdad Avesta represents a prominent example of contemporary committed poetry that integrates mystical and social concepts within a coherent structural framework. This study, employing a descriptive–analytical method, examines the reflection of Qur’anic mystical wayfaring grounded in pain, expectation, and resistance in his poetry. The findings indicate that in Avesta’s poetic discourse, pain signifies awareness and awakening, expectation represents a dynamic and responsible existential state, and resistance constitutes a form of faith-based spiritual wayfaring. Through the use of symbolic representation, Qur’anic imagery, and an epic-mystical linguistic register, he reflects the lived experience of the contemporary human being confronting tyranny and injustice, thereby establishing his position at the intersection of contemporary poetry, resistance literature, and Islamic mysticism.
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