Document Type : Original Article
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Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran
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Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran
10.22081/jrla.2026.73031.1417
Abstract
Stylistics, as a novel discipline and critical approach, endeavors to illuminate the intellectual layers of a text by drawing upon findings from various literary and linguistic sciences. Conversely, Ghadiriyyahs refer to poems composed regarding the event of Ghadir Khumm and in relation to the announcement of the succession and vicegerency of Hazrat Ali (AS). Religious thought, and particularly Shi’a insight, has held a special place among Muslim poets across different eras, and Abbasid-era literati, influenced by their religious and sectarian beliefs, also turned to this genre of poetry. Among the poets of this period whose verses reflect the theme of Ghadir is Abul-Fath Kashajam, a poet of Jewish origin. Adopting a descriptive-analytical method, the present study aims to evaluate the stylistic features of Kashajam’s Ghadiriyyah poem based on Sirus Shamisa’s model, by examining its linguistic, literary, and intellectual levels. The research findings indicate that at the phonological level, factors such as the repetition of certain words and letters, the use of contrasts and paronomasia, the employment of the rhyme-consonant “lam al-muqayyadah,” and the selection of the Mutaqārib prosodic meter are among the most significant stylistic markers at this level. At the syntactic level, past tense verbal sentences exhibit a higher frequency, which contributes to conveying the certainty and inevitability of the Ghadir event without any doubt or ambiguity. At the literary level, the coherence and appropriateness between the words and the structure of the Shi’a text, as well as the poet’s creativity, demonstrate his considerable art and capability in employing literary elements and figures of speech in this ode. At the intellectual level, the poet dedicates a portion of his poem to raising public awareness about the incident of Ghadir, relying on the art of dialectic and reasoning.
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