Research Article

A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran's Şêxê Sen’ani Poem)

Volume: 13 Number: 3 December 30, 2025
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A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran's Şêxê Sen’ani Poem)

Abstract

Sufi poets have resorted to tragic stories to convey Sufi ideas, and one of these stories is Sheikh Sen'an. In the story, a sheikh falls in love with a Christian girl, makes a choice between his Islamic faith and his love, and renounces his religion. This story was first written as a Sufi poem by Ferîdüddin Attâr and later rewritten by poets who were influenced by this story and Attâr's poem, one of them being Fakî-yi Teyrân. This study focuses on Feqîyê Teyran's poem Şêxê Sen'anî from a Sufi and tragic perspective. Sufism and tragedy cannot agree on the meaning of life and human beings. This study shows that Feqîyê Teyran a representative of the Sufi tradition, like his predecessors, transformed the famous tragic story of the Islamic world and reversed the tragic thesis that ‘man is a tragic being’. In this poem, Feqîyê Teyran triumphs over the destruction and tragic death of man by presenting hope, resurrection, union with God and happiness after death. Thus, he uses Sufism as a way out of the tragic and a way to reverse it. In this way, it offers a solution against the terrible death.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Kurdish Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2025

Submission Date

May 1, 2025

Acceptance Date

September 13, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 13 Number: 3

APA
Yavuzer, M. N. (2025). A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem). Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 13(3), 1743-1766. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.1688723
AMA
1.Yavuzer MN. A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem). Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025;13(3):1743-1766. doi:10.18506/anemon.1688723
Chicago
Yavuzer, Mehmet Nur. 2025. “A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem)”. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13 (3): 1743-66. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.1688723.
EndNote
Yavuzer MN (December 1, 2025) A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem). Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13 3 1743–1766.
IEEE
[1]M. N. Yavuzer, “A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem)”, Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 1743–1766, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.18506/anemon.1688723.
ISNAD
Yavuzer, Mehmet Nur. “A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem)”. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 13/3 (December 1, 2025): 1743-1766. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.1688723.
JAMA
1.Yavuzer MN. A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem). Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025;13:1743–1766.
MLA
Yavuzer, Mehmet Nur. “A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem)”. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 13, no. 3, Dec. 2025, pp. 1743-66, doi:10.18506/anemon.1688723.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Nur Yavuzer. A Sufi Poem from a Tragic Story (Example of Feqîyê Teyran’s Şêxê Sen’ani Poem). Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025 Dec. 1;13(3):1743-66. doi:10.18506/anemon.1688723