Sufizam i djela orijentalnih filozofa u podtekstu romana Derviš i smrt Meše Selimovića
Sufism and Works of Oriental Philosophers in the Subtexts of the Novel A Dervish and death by Meša Selimović

Summary/Abstract: This research directs onto quote connection of the novel A Dervish and Death with the works of Islamic mystics and philosophers of Gazali, Rumi, Ibn Arebi, Isfahani, Ibn Sina and others. By this, it has been opened a possibility for reconsideration of works from the point of Islamic mysticism (Sufism). A cycle structure of the novel, lets say, points out onto a complex symbolism of a circle connected with a circled dance of Mevlevi Dervishes, to whom the main hero of the novel belongs to, Ahmed Nurudin. The novel also contains other symbols of Sufism, as the beauty of a woman as a symbol of temptation of this world, and it also points out onto similarities characteristic for the literature of the East, as Jusuf and Zulejha are. The essential idea of Sufism, searching for love and believing that love is a pre-beginning of everything, interweaves the entire novel. By putting into the subtext the idea of searching for love, being ideal of all religions and human ideologies, Selimović gains universality and shows that the final idea of the novel is still not pessimistic.

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