Fāl-Nāma

The expulsion from paradise from a manuscript of Jafar as-Sādiq ascribed to Fāl-Nāma

Fāl-Nāma s ( Persian فال نامه, DMG fāl-nāma , ' oracle book') are books that are used, especially in Iran , to predict the future by means of stinging romance .

Two types of books are used:

1. Volumes of poetry, especially the Dīwān of Hafiz , who will be hit by accident. The verse that catches your eye first is the omen , the rest of the poem its explanation.
2. Special Fāl-Nāma s, here mostly the work ascribed to the 6th Imam of the Twelve Shia , Jafar as-Sādiq , which then also contains instructions for the interpretation of the prophecy.

Web links

Falnama: Book of Omens

literature

• Īraj Afšār: Fāl-Nāma. In: Encyclopædia Iranica . Ehsan Yarshater , December 15, 1999, accessed May 11, 2014 . 
• H. Massé : Fāl-Nāma . In: Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition . tape II , 1965, p. 760b f .