An investigation of an exegetical narrative structure in the mystical anecdotes

With emphasizing on exegesis as a fundamental specificity in the mystical language, in this paper we tried to introduce one of the narrative structures in the mystical anecdotes. As in most of the didactic stories, this structure is the result of a mistake and a punishment. But in this case, a new mistake and its punishment introduce in the new layer. Then the first and overt mistake doesn’t followed by expected punishment. This structure, the second mistake is result of an esoteric process. Therefore, this structure dedicates a narrative describe from the function of exegesis in the mystical texts. From this view, highlighting some mistakes and overlooking the others can show the function of mystical conventions in the mystical narration. Even though it’s narrative and structural basis, this method is relationship with linguistic and doctrinal elements of the mystical tradition. This paper is an effort to the narrative stylistic in the ancient anecdotes.