Alfnama (Si Harfi) its Origin and Evolution in Pashtu Literature

Abstract

Alfnama (Si Harfi) and its mystical study in Pashtu literature and its origin in Literature is the topic, Roshnite school of Pashtu poetry is one of the enthralling schools in Pashtu literature. The mystical poetry and their work have been explored and modified by several scholars, but this research article is, Alfnama (Si Harfi) and its mystical study in Pashtu Literature and its origin is the fundamental and unique in its nature. The study is a significant work due to its nature to find out the origin and spread of sophistic terminologies and thoughts in Pashtu literature with reference to Roshnite’s school of mystical thoughts. The Alfnama (Si Harfi) is the poetic words initially based on 28 Arabic alphabets and later it reached to 30 with the addition of two alphabets that was the innovation of Roshnites. Alfnama is usually contained on the intuition of the mystics, spiritual thoughts and blessings bestowed by divine power in the shape of verses that usually adjusted in Alfnama with alphabetic order. This fundamental poetic transmission of divinely knowledge was for the laymen in local dialect for the understanding of primary disciple (mubtadi) to the high -level mystic (muntahi) who were aware of its secrets. The work will start from introduction, origin, and its different factors contributed to the development of the specific changes in different poetical works of Pashtu Literature in the field of Alfnama (Si Harfi). The primary poetical work of Mullah Arzani Kheshgi is the fundamental who had been a source of inspiration for the Roshnites in the early decade of this movement and after that following them different poets wrote Alfnama (Si Harfi) in different languages.