GOETHEOV POGLED NA ISLAM: O POSLANIČKOM I PJESNIČKOM NADAHNUĆU
GOETHE’S VIEW OF ISLAM: ON PROPHETIC AND POETIC INSPIRATION

Summary/Abstract: This essay discusses, mainly, Goethe’s relationship to two types of inspiration, the Prophetic (wahy) and the Poetic (ilham). In his studies of Islam, Goethe has noted that both inspirations are very important and that they are highly honoured and respected by the Islamic tradition. Of course, Islam gives priority to Prophetic inspiration (wahy), but it does not abolish poetry. Goethe respects wahy but his sympathies are to a large extent on the side of the poetic ilham. This essay shows Goethe who seemed to be prone to a kind of competition between the Prophet and the Poet. In himself Goethe often sees a Poet whose source of inspiration is not contrary to the source of wahy.

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