بررسي انديشه هاي كلامي سعدي بر اساس نقد يك حكايت

A Survey of Theological Thinking of SAdi Based on Analysing a Story

One of the important theological issues that influenced the works of great scholars of persian literature and its effects appeared in poetry and prose is the issue of the limits of humanʹs will in the world. After many debates in this regard, with the appearance of Abolhasan Ashari, his theology, based on determinism, was developed among the the Sunni tradition. And in the 5th century, with the foundation of Nezamieh schools, it found an established status. Sadi who was educated in these schools, not only was familiar with such a way of thinking but also he used it in his works. One example is the fourth story of the first chapter of Golestan that is the dispute between a king and his minister in training a teenager from a group of bandits. What the king has expressed in this story, is infact the reflection of AshAriʹs determinist thinking and what the minister has expressed is the reflection of those who believe in will (arbitrariness). Comparing these two with other sayings of SAdi we can understand the fact that he analysed these two ways of thinking artistically without mentioning "will" and "determinism". Finally he supported what the king had said. In fact, in this way, SAdi has implicitly expressed the justification for his point of view.