Komparativa analiza religijskog iskustva kod Suhrawardija i Hafiza Širazija
A comparative analysis of religious experience described by Suhrawardi and Hafiz Shirazi

Summary/Abstract: Persian literature, in particular mystical, irfan literature, is largely intertwined with Suhrawardi’s illuminist ideas. This connection and mutual influences are mostly fruits of his written works through which Suhrawardi presented his philosophical ideas in the form of literature and the language of symbols. Sometimes, Suhrawardi expressed his mystical experiences in a very explicit manner, sometimes he expressed them through the form of symbolistic stories, while, at other times, he attempted to theoretically classify and systemize different mystical experiences. Hafiz Shirazi, as a poet whose poetry is part of rich literary tradition, in the form of gazel often presents his own mystical experiences which are very similar to the mystical experiences described by Suhrawardi. A mystic or the one who lives through certain religious experience is the one who, when meeting the holly, with his consciousness forms something that is unrepresentable and indescribable in its essence. It can be concluded that Suhrawardi’s works had a significant impact on forming of Hafiz’s consciousness and specific religious and mystical experiences. Sometimes the similarity of these experiences are related to the specific location in which they are taking place, such as the world of ideas or Suhrawardi’s Hurqalya, and sometimes these similarities are expressed through the quality of the experiences in the form of visual, auditive and aromatic phenomena. The description of these experiences as a short-term flash, midnight sun, an encounter with a holly young man or girl and old man of light are some examples in which we observe the similarity between Suhrawardi and Hafiza when they discuss religious and mystical experiences.

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