The Effect of Attar on Ezz al- Din Abd-al-Salam Maghdesi

Ezz-al-Din Abd-al-salam Maghdesi is one of the most famous mystic and sufi poets in the 7thcentury. One of his most popular symbolic works is “Kashf-al-Asrar fi Hekam al-Toiour wa-al-Azhar”. To express his Sufist thoughts in this work، he used a lot of mystical language in his poems. In the arrangement of one part of his book، he used the same kind of birds as Attar used for moving toward Simorgh (Phoenix) so that everyone can find his devotion to Attar in his works. Based on the French school of comparative literature، this article deals with the influence of Attar’s book “Mantegh-al-Tair” on Maghdesi in using bird symbols like: nightingale، eagle، hoopoe، peacock duck and phoenix (Simorgh). He also had an eye on symbols like “wax and candle”، “butterfly and candle” and other mystic points، already used in “MokhtarNameh” by Attar. On the other hand، comparing this book with the other Attar''s works، we can find traces of points and mystic symbols of Attar in Maghdesi’s works.