Abstract
Mysticism is subliminally present in Islam since its inception became
perspicuous during the first Islamic centuries (the seventh and eighth centuries
C.E.). That, later on, influenced and permeated in nearly all walks of human
life, including literature written in different languages. The present position
paper explores to examine select poems of Pakistani poet and writer, Omer
Tarin, in the backdrop of Islamic Mysticism/Sufism. Investigation of the theme
and trope under reference is carried out while randomly selecting poems from
Omer Train’s two books, “A Sad Piper” and “Burnt Offering”, published in
1994 and 1996, respectively. The poetic oeuvre is analysed while invoking and
employing Reader Response Theory. Reader Response is a creative-critical
theory which suggests that a text gains and apply (meaning and message) by
the purposeful act of the reader’s reading and interpreting it (Hindi, 2008). A
myriad of manifestations of Islamic mysticism (symbolised and epitomised in
the forms of death, ultimate truth, and the quintessence of human life,
asceticism and soul’s spiritual voyage) is inferred from the current research.
His poetry reflects that whosoever aspires for and digs out the reality of life—
its meaning and message—and have enthusiastically felt and experienced the
itch for Divine Love (that inclines their hearts to a ‘Larger Reality’) are, far
more different than those who do not do so. Thus, conclusively, the study
construes that Tarin’s literary work richly manifests mystical themes and
theses, for which he owes much indebtedness to his Islamic mystical masters,
especially Sufi poets like, Maulana Rumi, Baba Bulleh Shah, Baba Fareed,
Rahman Baba and to name a few.
Dr. Inayat Ullah, Dr. Tariq Khan. (2019) Islam and Mysticism: An Analysis of the Sufi Symbolism in the Select Poetry of Omer Tarin, Al-Azhāar, Volume 5, Issue 2.
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