Publication Details
Issue: Vol 5, No 3 (2026)
Pages: 455-457
ISSN: 2751-7543
Abstract
This article examines connotative shifts occurring in the translation of Sufi discourse through the works of Reynold Alleyne Nicholson. It explores how poetic transformation and spiritual transliteration mediate mystical concepts and symbolic imagery. The study demonstrates that Sufi terminology embodies culturally embedded meanings that resist complete semantic transfer into English.
Keywords
Sufism
connotative shift
poetic transformation
spiritual transliteration
mystical symbolism
translation studies
cultural specificity
Reynold A. Nicholson
semantic loss
Persian poetry