Why Sufis conveyed their message through female characters?

[Jolie]

Re: Why Sufis conveyed their message through female characters?

@ajazali

So it is good piece of examle of feminist poetry?

Is it supposed to be a quintessential feminist poetry? Of course not. The poetry has a very pro-woman feel to it and that’s quite a significant aspect of it.

peer and mureed analogy is the key to understand the message from sufi poetry.
A piece of sufi poetry either revolves around the romanticism of some female character or symbolizes woman as mureed in front man peer.
Well, if you think that romanticism is the actual way to address the women grievances then its your choice what get from sufi poetry.

Sufis were not social commentators. Other than women’s grievances there were a lot of things that were wrong with the Subcontinent and lot of cultural practices that were against the belief system of the Sufis. However, they never explicitly launched an attack on the flawed people, way of life and traditions they witnessed around themselves. Unlike most of the Muslim ideological and political movements of today. More than advocating law based life, they emphasised on spirit based life. They gave women a voice in their writings and that itself was a unique and hugely sufficient device to break the societal norms of keeping women mute and anonymous.