Combination of the Holy Qur'an in The Poems of Safi Hirany (1361 AH) :A Semantic Research

Abstract

Combination in language is to receive and use a text from the Holy Qur'an, or the hadiths   of the Prophet (peace be upon him), or in poetry, or any other specific text, to decorate the text and honor the texts.

Safi is his pen name but his real name is Mustafa son of Abdullah son of Ali Hiran, who was born in Hiran, Erbil, in 1873 AD He was born into a religious, art-loving family and a loving environment.  He started his religious studies with his father, and then continued his studies with expert teachers in Koya, Mahabad, and Lajan schools.

Safi has written poems in Kurdish, Persian, Arabic, and Turkish, about the love of God, Sufism (mysticism), the beauty of nature, and the voice of religious men and their praying which are given color to his poems.

Safi Hirany combined linguistic and semantic methods at a high level, by using a variety of psychological structures and lexical aesthetics meaning, and by combining many stories of the Holy Qur'an about the prophets and religious men, including Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Jacob, Joseph, David, Solomon a, Moses, Jesus, Luqman, the Companions of the Cave, etc.

– Peace be upon them-

Despite combining some of the values and needs of Sufism (mysticism), including purity of soul, worship and constantly asking forgiveness from God, Remembering the Day of Resurrection and constant remembrance of Allah and the difference of colors and languages. Safi died in 1361 AH, equivalent to 1942 AD, and was buried in Hiran.