An Analysis of Language and Images in Quranic Expressions of Sadi's Arabic Odes

This article is an attempt to provide an analysis of Sadi's Arabic odes and a description of the language structure in the Quranic images in those odes. Due to the exalted status of Sadi in both Iranian and world literatures, elucidating the main features of his illustrative language to prove his mastery of the Quranic language and Arabic poetry deems necessary. Because no previous has taken a language and images approach to Sadi's poetry on the basis of the influence of the Quran on him, the present study tries to provide answers to the following questions: First, what are the impact and position of the Quranic ayahs in Sadi's Arabic odes? Second, what are the portions of image and non-image couplets in his poetry? Third, what are the characteristics of figures of speech in his Quranic couplets? And fourth, what is the central focus of image in those couplets? Additionally, explaining how, in Sadi's image perspective, Quranic words contrast, interact, connect and collocate is another approach adopted in this study.