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Rutbat al-Hayat, a literary Text (The Literary aspect of Rutbat al-Hayat

Rutbat al-Hayat is the only survived work by the sixth/twelfth century eloquent mystic Khwaja Yusuf Hamadani (440-535H). Regarding the authorʹs experience in sermon and oration, the work has been written in a style used by a preacher and understood by common people. Literary and aesthetic aspects of the work enhance its attractiveness, depth and effective development. Not comparable with prose works by ʹAyn al-Quzat, Ahmad Qazzali, Sheikh Eshraq and ʹAttar, Rutbat al-Hayat is given the rank of a literary treatise, regarding the novelty of developing the topic, style, climax and concluding language.