Using Proverb in Toghrai Isfahani's Divan

Using proverb is the time that the poet brings a famous saying or song in his poetry accepted and popular among people. There is no doubt that every poet wants his poetry to be everlasting. Therefore، he attempts to show his poetry wisely and himself wise. The proverb gives the poetry universality and causes it to remain in minds and used in proper situations. From among the poets who lived in Abbasid era، Abootammam and Motanabbi are known in using proverbs. Toghrai is one of the greatest masters in Arabic literature and poetry and he made an interpretation of Mootanabbi''s divan. His divan was pressed at first in Matbaato، gavaeb in Estanbol. Ode «Lamiyyatu،L_Ajam '' is one of his poetical masterpieces that is universally celebrated and the literates explained it separately. In his divan، there are other songs with various purposes such as praise (madh) and description. In this article، the compilers extracted proverbs or those used as proverb by reading his divan and attempted to find sources in Koran and Arabic prose and poetry as well as Persian literature for some of them.