نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
This study compares the representation of desire and responses to refusal in the character of al-Aziz’s wife in the Qur’an and Sudabeh in the Shahnameh. It examines how the two characters’ social positions and conduct transform a request for intimacy into accusation and adjudication. Using a descriptive-analytical method with a comparative approach, the study examines verses 21–35 and 50–53 of Surah Yusuf and the Sudabeh–Siyavash episode through the ordeal by fire. The findings indicate that, in both narratives, the young man’s refusal shifts the conflict from a private desire to questions of credibility and innocence, while the woman’s proximity to power enables coercion. However, familial relationships and adjudicative procedures differ: Joseph’s shirt constitutes evidence remaining from the incident, whereas fabricated evidence and an ordeal by fire shape the proceedings in Sudabeh’s story. Moreover, establishing innocence does not necessarily eliminate the consequences of accusation. The decisive difference is al-Aziz’s wife’s acknowledgment of Joseph’s truthfulness; Sudabeh’s confession, by contrast, does not establish Siyavash’s innocence. The comparison thus centers on responses to refusal and another’s agency, rather than merely the intensity of attachment; similarities in actions do not imply identical characterization.
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