Proper conduct (Adab) is everything: the Futuwwat-na¯mah-i Sulṭ a¯nı¯ of Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi
Proper conduct (Adab) is everything: the Futuwwat-na¯mah-i Sulṭ a¯nı¯ of Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi
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正确的行为 (Adab) 就是一切:侯赛因·瓦西兹·卡西菲 (Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi) 的 Futuwwat-na´mah-i Sulṭ a´nı´
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10.1080/021086032000139221
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2003
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Arley Loewen
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作者:
Arley Loewen
IRANIAN SOCIETY HAS TRADITIONALLY HAD A DEEP ADMIRATION FOR THE COURAGEOUS hero or champion, often called jawnmard (lit., young man; jawnmardı—manliness). Such a person possessed the aggregate of all positive virtues of manhood—courage, honesty, hospitality and generosity. One model of the jawnmard is the heroic warrior, as reflected in Persian epic literature and classical popular romance. In Persian culture, Rustam, the legendary pre-Islamic hero of the epic Shah-nmah embodied the characteristics of the heroic warrior. A related term for jawnmard is the Arabic fat (lit., young man; manliness—futuwwa; Persian futuwwat), which designated the ideal hero of pre-Islamic Arabia. In Perso-Islamic culture, a synthesis of ancient Persian and Arabo-Islamic ideals, the ethic of piety towards God, which was influenced by the increasing dominance of Sufism, shaped a second model of heroism. In this context, fiAli b. Abi Talib (d. 40/661), the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, and the fourth caliph and first Shifiite imam, became the supreme model of manliness, a fat imbued with the virtues of spiritual championship. Like the ancient Persian Rustam, he was understood to be an exemplary warrior; however, the enemy now became the carnal soul (nafs) as supported by a much-quoted tradition of the Prophet, “We have turned from the lesser jihd (Holy War) to the greater jihd (internal struggle).” The literature on futuwwat is extensive. The Sufi preacher fiUmar Suhrawardi (d. 632/1234), is credited with the first Persian treatises on the subject. Although the