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