Mysticism and Sufism in T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’

Abstract

Eliot's metaphysical and spiritual poetry backs the notion that God's inclination to relate to the world gives some human beings some specific spiritual power, which can be attained merely via challenging and vigorous nonphysical exercises that makes them perceive life in a way different from others. The diversity of poetry, that Eliot had written, such as ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’, is an amalgamation of spiritual and philosophical notions, which endeavours to elucidate the internal sense of belief and embody an artistic and effective stream that it depends on and contributes to Sufism.

Keywords: Sufism, Eliot, Prufrock, FitzGerald, Khayyam