Faith in God in Mirza Alakbar Sabir's creativity

Abstract

Islamic values, which have penetrated deeply into the national-spiritual values, literary-artistic, philosophical heritage of the Azerbaijani people since centuries, have found their artistic expression widely in every era of our written literature, from our oral folk literature to the beginning of the 20th century. Mirza Alakbar Sabir, a prominent satirical poet of Azerbaijan, was one of the genius wordsmiths who glorified and propagated Islamic values in his works. As it is known, during the Soviet period, researchers tried to describe Sabir as an "atheist" poet who "struggled against religion". In this research, the complete groundlessness of those ideas, the fact that Sabir is a pious poet connected to Islamic religion and Islamic values, is revealed once again with undeniable facts. In the article, based on the analysis of numerous examples brought from Sabir's work in connection with the verses of the Quran, it is shown that he believed in the great Creator with deep love. In a number of Sabir's works, especially in his poems written for children, God's wisdom and power, great respect for Him are instilled with love and enthusiasm.