Interpretation of the story of Moses and Khidr based on the book of Bahr -al-Ma'ani

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD student in Persian language and literature, Yazd University

2 yazd university

10.29252/kavosh.2022.17321.3137

Abstract

Bahr al-Ma'ani (Sea of ​​Meanings) was authored by Mohammad ibn Nasir al-Din Ja'far Makki Husseini, who was a mystic from India. This book is a collection of thirty-six mystical texts written in the ninth century AH and addressed to a person named Malik Mahmood Sheikha. The most important feature of the book is his interpretive view of Quranic verses. Although this feature is common to all mystical texts, if the Quranic verses and their interpretations by Mohammad Hosseini are removed from the book, ninety-five percent of it will be lost and only those parts that describe his travels and introduce the divine saints and poles will remain. Therefore, it can be said that Bahr al-Ma'ani is based on the verses of the Qur'an and the author's interpretive views of the Qur'an. This is in such a way that no verse of the Qur'an has been defined with its sense on the surface. Bahr al-Ma'ani interprets not only the Quranic verses but also Prophet Mohammad’s hadiths and even some stories. One of the stories that has been dealt with in detail is the story of Moses and Khidr. Mohammad Hosseini has an interpretive view of each element of the story and, like other mystics, considers it as an allegory of mystical journey and behavior. He explains and interprets the most important points of the story by quoting Quranic verses and hadiths of the Prophet. He has done it by interpreting the Majma al Bahrain” as the sea of ​​love and ​​humanity, the ship as the ship of guidance, the hole as the hole of misguidance, the property as the devil, the slave as the soul, the wall as the wall of law or Shari’a, the treasure as the treasure of truth, and the two orphans as the Prophet Mohammad and Ali (pbuh). This article seeks to study Mohammad Hosseini's interpretive view of this mysterious story and all the points contained in it.

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