An Analysis of the Impact of Quranic Themes on Diwan-e Ebrahim Golshani Bardaie

Ebrahim Golshani Bardaie was one of the great mystics of Khalwatiyya and a fanatical Sunni, whose literary and mystical character is not known widely enough by scholars. Golshani had his own tariqah in mysticism and had many disciples, and the Golshani tariqah in the Ottoman lands and Egypt is attributed to him. Golshani Bardaie is one of the many poets in whose poetry the strong effect of the Quran can be observed. His deep and extensive acquaintance with the Quranic teachings has made his words in various ways incorporate Quranic themes. The present descriptive-analytic study aimed to investigate the effect of the Quran on the manuscript of his Diwan, which is stored in Fatih Library in Istanbul with the accession number of 3866. The main focus of this study is examining literary devices such as literary tazmin, allusion, and Quranic adaptations that embrace both lexical and propositional methods of influence. The results show that Golshani's work was chiefly influenced by the Quran in allusion and adaptation, and most of his allusions relate to the stories of the prophets.