Sa'di is a product of the Ash'arite school and one can easily see the influence of Ash'arite
theology in Sa'di's works. The effect of fate and predestination on destiny, the effect of essence
on the actions of human beings, and the ineffectiveness of education on changing one's spirits
and morals can be seen everywhere in Sa'di's poems. In addition to many of these themes,
there is another common theme in Sa'di's lyric poems and love poems, with the concept that
love is involuntary and irrational, and love cannot be tolerated or chosen. That is, the idea
of determinism also dominates Sa'di's love poems, and the question arises as to whether this
determinism arises from the same Ash'arite theology and upbringing, or merely a means to
create a literary theme. A closer look at Sa'di's generalities of poetry leads us to the conclusion
that the influence of Ash'ari's theology on Sa'di is not such that it has caught him in determinism;
Sa'di is a free and intellectual human being and, despite his contemporaries, he does not believe
in absolute determinism; As a result, the theme of human incontinence in the world of love is
merely an artistic theme, and Sa'di has used it to express the power of love.
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