ARTICLE

DOCTRINE OF FANA AND BAQA OF SUFISM IN SHAFAKS THE FORTY RULES OF LOVE A CONTENT ANALYSIS

  1. HOME
  2. ARTICLE

04 Pages : 28-34

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).04      10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).04      Published : Mar 2019

Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Content Analysis

Abstract

    The study aims to find aspects of the Doctrine of Fana and Baqa from Sufism in different characters of Shafaks novel The Forty Rules of Love. For this purpose qualitative mode of inquiry is adopted. The technique of content analysis is used for data analysis underpinned with Junayds theoretical framework of Sufism. The study finds that Shafak portrayed Fana as foundation and Baqa as a goal in Sufism through love as an inspirational tool, and concludes that Shafak has focused on Universal Love and spirituality but parallel to the emotions, experiences of Fana are revealed through the portrayal of characters.

    Sufism, Fana & Baqa, Rumi, Novel

    (1) Nayab Aziz Bugti
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Fouzia Rehman Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Fulltext PDF

References

  • Bausani, A. (1967). Theism and pantheism in Rumi. Iranian Studies, 1(1), 8-24.
  • Berelson, B. (1952). Content Analysis in Communication Research. Glencoe, Ill: Free Press
  • Chancy, M. J. (2003). Migrations: A Meridian Interview with Elif Shafak. Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, 4(1), 55-85.
  • El-Zein, A. (2000). Spiritual consumption in the United States: The Rumi phenomenon. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 11(1), 71-85
  • Fana (1998). In Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/fana-Sufism
  • Farzan, M. (1976). Whitman and Sufism: Towards
  • Furlanetto, E. (2013). THE 'RUMI PHENOMENON'BETWEEN ORIENTALISM AND COSMOPOLITANISM The Case of Elif Shafak's The Forty Rules of Love. European Journal of English Studies, 17(2), 201-213.
  • Khan, A. K. (2017). On becoming naught: reading the doctrine of fana and baqa in the Mathnawi of Jalal al-Din Rumi (Doctoral dissertation, University of Glasgow).
  • Krippendorff, K. (1980). Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage
  • Schimmel, A. (1975). Mystical dimensions of Islam. Univ of North Carolina Press.
  • Shafak, E. (2011). The forty rules of love. Penguin.
  • Stemler, Steve (2001). An overview of content analysis. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation 7(17).
  • Sufism (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sufism
  • Weber, R. P. (1990). Basic Content Analysis, 2nd ed. Newbury Park, CA.
  • Wilcox, A. (2011). The dual mystical concepts of Fanā'and Baqā'in Early SÅ«fism. British Journal of Middle Eastern studies, 38(01), 95-118.

Cite this article

APA

    APA : Bugti, N. A., & Khan, F. R. (2019). Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Content Analysis. Global Language Review, IV(I), 28-34. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).04

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Bugti, Nayab Aziz, and Fouzia Rehman Khan. 2019. "Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Content Analysis." Global Language Review, IV (I): 28-34 doi: 10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).04

HARVARD

    HARVARD : BUGTI, N. A. & KHAN, F. R. 2019. Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Content Analysis. Global Language Review, IV, 28-34.

MHRA

    MHRA : Bugti, Nayab Aziz, and Fouzia Rehman Khan. 2019. "Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Content Analysis." Global Language Review, IV: 28-34

MLA

    MLA : Bugti, Nayab Aziz, and Fouzia Rehman Khan. "Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Content Analysis." Global Language Review, IV.I (2019): 28-34 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Bugti, Nayab Aziz and Khan, Fouzia Rehman (2019), "Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Content Analysis", Global Language Review, IV (I), 28-34

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Bugti, Nayab Aziz, and Fouzia Rehman Khan. "Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Content Analysis." Global Language Review IV, no. I (2019): 28-34. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).04