the moses footwear and its mystical implication

many of the mystical verses, which are taken over into the persian literature, do not carry literal translations of those verses. poets have included their own interpretations into their works. in this respect, the phrase faxla’ na’laik… , “put  off thy shoes …”  in surah ta-ha of the holy koran has been taken into focus by many mystical poets. this makes their works in many respects similar to ones done by many koranic interpreters. in this study, we make an attempt to introduce shortly the talk of moses to god in the vadi-ayman, “the holy valley,” and provide its background. then we review its interpretation from the viewpoint of imam muhammad al-ghazzali. next, giving some samples of the works of sana’i, attar, and rumi, we compare and contrast their views with those of abd al-rahman-sulami. in the next section, we provide some of the other excerpts from other persian poets on the topic. finally, we provide the interpretation provided by mulla-sadra in one of his poems.