... perfectly. Hence, knowing that alcohol is illegal in Islam, Hafiz would not have committed hypocritical acts, especially those strictly prohibited in the Quran. The profuse image of wine in his poetry is an image that is both mystical and sensual, with the ambiguity of this image intended so that both levels can be maintained. Items in poetry can be seen as not just things, but can be thought of as creations of God, derived from God, and ultimately self-manifestations of God. They are items in which He reveals hidden treasures of Divine Love. Thus, wine can represent not only itself (individual identity), but spiritual and sensual matters (divine reality), becoming a bridge from the visible world to the unseen. Becoming a metaphor ti relate to all audiences, wine allows Hafiz to speak of both love and Divine Love without explicit reference to the subject. Images can have both a secular and ...

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