Sacred Time in the Verses of the Quran and the Poetry of Hafez

Sacred time is a window that opens to humans at certain moments of the day and night. The Quran, by referring to sacred times such as morning, night, dawn, night of power, etc., invites humans to pray, glorify, and worship at these times. Hafez, as one of the poets and mystics of the ghazal, uses his poetry in the service of spiritual revelations and discovery and intuition, and by naming sacred times such as morning, night, dusk, night of power, he uses them for his spiritual and spiritual discovery and intuition. In his poems, some times are sacred moments that, if someone can understand them, will lead the soul to revelation and forget the ordinary world for a short time and step into the spiritual world of meaning and truth. The research method in this article is descriptive and analytical, and the data was collected through documentary research and library studies. The results of the analysis and analysis of Hafez's poems show that times such as dawn, night, morning, night of power, and "shower" are not just natural times in his ghazals, but are depicted as times full of inner openness, revelatory experience, and divine presence. The verses of the Quran also introduce these sacred times as special and special times for prayer, glorification, and the fulfillment of desires. Comparing the study of time in Hafez's perspective and the worldview of the Quranic verses made it clear that Hafez, in utilizing these times, was influenced by Quranic teachings and recreated sacred time and times in the form of a poetic and mystical experience.