The Semantic and Aesthetic Function of Music in Hujwiri's Kashf al-Mahjub

In the definitions of poetry, three elements of emotion, imagination, and music are mentioned. Persian prose texts have used more or less poetic elements in different periods. Sufi and mystical works, according to their goals and themes, have had a greater tendency towards poetic features, to the extent that understanding the subtleties of meaning and aesthetic expressions of these texts is dependent on the analysis of their images and musical effects. Based on this importance, the purpose of this article is to examine the function of one of the key elements of the poem; that is, music is one of the most important mystic prose texts in Kashf al-Mahjub Hujwiri, so that the level and quality of its poetry can be identified from this point of view. The findings of this descriptive-analytical research show that inner and spiritual music has a decisive function in Hujwiri's prose and helps to induce more effective concepts and mentalities. The expression of inner music that enhances verbal-phonetic harmony and appeal has been more than spiritual. Saj'; especially parallel, pun; especially periphrasis, repetition of words, phonology, and contrast are among the most obvious examples of inner and spiritual music in Kashf al-Mahjub, which often appear in these positions: mentioning the names of guardians (Oulia) and describing their personalities and conditions, anecdotes and reciting the words of the sheiks and their instructions and also explaining mystical terms, including concepts related to monotheism, knowledge of the self, death, annihilation and mystical survival, levels of behavior and condemnation of the self and the reprehensible world.