Afterlife in Ilâhîmah of Attâr

Abstract

Hereafter is the life that restarts with the death and that is going to continue forever after theresurrection in the last judgment. This life, which includes the conditions of hereafter, is told byQur’an and the hadiths. These conditions are stated in many verses of Qur’an. This issue, beingreflected in literary works, draws attention in the work İlahinamah by the Persian poet Attâr.Events in İlahiname happen in between a father and his six sons. With the statement of Attâr thefather and the sons are; spirit, human soul, satan, wisdom, science, poverty and oneness. Theseevents which are related to each other consist of twenty two articles each of which consist of stories.The stories mostly have religious and social contents and they were partly written with the effect ofepics and heroes. With the stories in the work, hereafter is seen sometimes as a sinner, sometimes asa young with references and images to the verses of Qur’an and the life in hereafter is exemplifiedwith good examples. In this article, we will try to present the conditions of hereafter in four storiesof the work with the help of verses and the statements of Attâr.

Özet

Âhiret, ölümden itibaren tekrar başlayan ve mahşerdeki dirilişten sonra ebediyyen devam