Yazd University Journal of Kavoshnameh in Persian Language and Literature 2645-453X 9 Appendix No. 17 2009 02 19 A Thematic Comparison of the Qazals by Hafez and Motanabi A Thematic Comparison of the Qazals by Hafez and Motanabi 93 139 2458 10.29252/kavosh.2009.2458 FA Vahid Sabzianpour Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Razi University Mohammad Reza Sory Master student of Arabic language and literature at Razi University Journal Article 2007 09 11 Motanabi and Hafez are two great figures in Arabic and Persian literature. They are most famous for borrowing from works by their predecessors and reformulating them within a novel framework, which is the result of their creative minds. Motanabi often starts Qasayed with a Qazal which is often motivated by the taste of the people in his era. While Hafez primarily writes Qazals in love with this type of poetry and believes that love is above all other phenomena in the world. Motanabi downgrades love to the level of a disease. Nevertheless, both poets have written Qazal with different motivation. Hafez is greatly influenced by Arabic literature and he has even used a line of Motanabi's poetry in his Divan. In addition, there are very similar issues in the works of these two poets often recognized by literary critics. This paper will compare and contrast topics in the works of these two poets highlighting the attitude of these two poets with regard to the genre of Qazal. Motanabi and Hafez are two great figures in Arabic and Persian literature. They are most famous for borrowing from works by their predecessors and reformulating them within a novel framework, which is the result of their creative minds. Motanabi often starts Qasayed with a Qazal which is often motivated by the taste of the people in his era. While Hafez primarily writes Qazals in love with this type of poetry and believes that love is above all other phenomena in the world. Motanabi downgrades love to the level of a disease. Nevertheless, both poets have written Qazal with different motivation. Hafez is greatly influenced by Arabic literature and he has even used a line of Motanabi's poetry in his Divan. In addition, there are very similar issues in the works of these two poets often recognized by literary critics. This paper will compare and contrast topics in the works of these two poets highlighting the attitude of these two poets with regard to the genre of Qazal. https://kavoshnameh.yazd.ac.ir/article_2458_db3bd6332c5c70348bec4dc784affc35.pdf