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یوسف و زلیخا / Yusuf and Zulaykha (Fifth Masnavi of Jami's Haft Awrang)

Yusuf and Zulaykha

یوسف و زلیخا (Yusuf and Zulaykha) is the fifth masnavi within Jami's collection Haft Awrang. It is a narrative-mystical poem that retells the story of Yusuf (Joseph) and Zulaykha as an allegory of the soul's yearning for divine beauty and love.

Like the other masnavis of the Haft Awrang, the work opens with devotional framing material — praises of God, supplications, and sections seeking prophetic intercession — before entering the love narrative. Its numbered sections (بخش), such as the section on wearing the garment of supplication and seeking the light of intercession, are the constituent poems gathered under this single work, and should be reached through this masnavi rather than attached directly to the whole seven-part collection.

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