Abu l-Qasim Ferdowsi: Difference between revisions

[[Sayyid Hasan Amin]] wrote that at the time of Ferdowsi, some areas of [[Khorasan]], especially Tus, Beyhaq, Paj and Tabiran, were [[Shi'a]] and thus, he did not consider it impossible for Ferdowsi to have inclinations toward Shi'a community at that time, and even he pointed about Fedowsi's titles such as [[Rafidi]], attributed to him.<ref>Amīn, "Madhhab-i Ferdowsi", p. 12.</ref> Amin mentioned the Shi'a region and atmosphere of Ferdowsi's living place, that people in that region supported Shi'a uprisings and other similar issues as evidences to suggest that he was Shi'a.<ref>Amīn, "Madhhab-i Ferdowsi", p. 14.</ref>

[['Abd al-Jalil al-Qazwini]] was the first person who mentioned in ''al-Naqd'' that Ferdowsi was [[Imami|Imami Shi'a]]. Later, [[Qadi Nur Allah al-Shushtari]] too, introduced him as Shi'a.<ref>Amīn, "Madhhab-i Ferdowsi", p. 14.</ref> However, some people such as Ibrahim Purdavud and his student, Muhammad Mo'in considered him Zoroastrian and [[Malik al-Shu'ara Bahar]] too, considered him the reviver of Zoroastrianism.<ref>Amīn, "Madhhab-i Ferdowsi", p. 16.</ref>

Mahdavi Damghani believed that it is impossible to find about a poet's religion by the number of his poems, except that he mentions a clear statement in them.<ref>Mahdawī Dāmghānī, "Madhhab-i Ferdowsi", p. 21.</ref> He continued and said that Ferdowsi was Shi'a and there is no doubt about his [[religion]].<ref>Mahdawī Dāmghānī, "Madhhab-i Ferdowsi", p. 23.</ref>

One of the notable works of Ferdowsi is Shahnameh. Sayyid Hasan Amin claimed that the style of Shahnameh in composing poems is adopted from the Qur'an, while the eloquence of the Qur'an is higher.<ref>Amīn, "Madhhab-i Ferdowsi", p. 14.</ref> In Shahnameh, Ferdowsi has frequently spoken about culture and sought to link between the culture of [[Iran]] before and after [[Islam]].<ref>''Farhang dar āyina-yi zabān wa adabīyāt-i Farsi'', p. 36.</ref>