Comparison

Comparison of Tajassum-e A'mal (Embodiment of Deeds) in Sanai and Shabestari

A comparison of the Sufi doctrine of the embodiment of deeds (Tajassum-e A'mal) as articulated by Sanai in the Hadiqat al-Haqiqah and by Mahmud Shabestari in the Golshan-e Raz. Both poets assert that hidden moral traits will take on visible forms in the hereafter. Sanai often employs stark, punitive imagery—such as a tyrant resurrected as a dog—to emphasize the immediate moral consequences of earthly actions. In contrast, Shabestari focuses on the epistemological clarity of Resurrection (Hashr), where the stripping away of the physical body naturally reveals the soul's accumulated virtues and vices in concrete, transparent forms. Together, they illustrate the thematic continuity and evolution of this eschatological concept in Persian Sufi poetry.

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