نوع مقاله : مقالۀ پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
This article examines and analyzes a little-known work from the late ninth century AH entitled Badīʿ al-Zamān fī Qiṣṣat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān by Fazlallah ibn Ruzbihan Khunji. The text was composed within the tradition of the philosophical tale of Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān; however, its position among earlier versions has not been clearly determined. The principal question of the study is whether Khunji’s narrative is primarily based on the Arabic account of Avicenna or that of Ibn Tufayl, and what philosophical and stylistic approach the author adopted in his rewriting. The aim is to clarify the textual source of the narrative, to analyze the author’s intellectual orientation, and to evaluate the stylistic features of the work within the context of ninth-century Persian prose. The research employs a descriptive-analytical method with a comparative approach, based on the examination of manuscript copies, codicological description and collation, and comparison of narrative structure and philosophical concepts with earlier versions. The findings indicate that, in terms of narrative structure and sequence of events, Khunji’s account aligns more closely with Ibn Tufayl’s version, although in its theoretical framework it tends toward the Peripatetic philosophical tradition. By incorporating Qurʾānic verses, hadiths, poetry, rhymed prose, and other rhetorical devices, Khunji sought to demonstrate his mastery of ornate and technical prose. The study concludes that the work is not merely an abridgment of earlier narratives, but a conscious re-creation adapted to the intellectual horizon and literary taste of its time, representing an important link in the development of the philosophical
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