stylistic analysis of ayatollah gheravi isfahani's panegyric in praise of imam reza extracted from divan al-anvar al-ghodsieh(the sacred rays)

ayatollah mohammad hossein gheravi isfahani known as compani is one of the contemporary famous scholars and mystics and the author of arabic poems of divan al-anvar al-ghodsieh, entitled as  moftagher. in his persian and arabic divan there are many poems in praise of prophet mohammad's family among which is his long arabic panegyric in praise of imam reza – peace be upon him. the  present study intends to study ayatollah gheravi's mystical- literary ode in praise of imam reza –peace be upon him- in a structural method and analyze three stylistic levels of this poem which are  phonetic level, causal, and combinative respectively. for this reason, having explained the concept, principles and stylistic forms, it deals with stylistic analysis of gheravi's panegyric. one of the prominent conclusions of this study is that applying stylistics as one of critical approaches , deep richness of a literary work can be analyzed in three levels and its artistic and literary elegances found. among these findings these cases can be mentioned: harmony between meaning and rhythm in panegyric, poet’s skill in choosing combinations being proportional to his intended meanings and purposes, poet’s inspiration by his philosophical trends in composing panegyric and his power in arousing the audience by choosing profound concepts in the form of most elegant and newest metaphors.