Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Zahra Meqdadi ¹
• Seyyed Abolghasem Hosseini (Zharfa) ²

¹ PhD Student, Wisdom of Religious Arts, University of Religions and Denominations

² Faculty of University of Religions and Denominations

Abstract

It is consistently an essential thing to reread ancient texts of Persian language and literature whether as respecting to this country literature or as a discourse relationship and meaning reforming to readers. Literature is a full reflection of art, culture, and civilization of this country. Architecture has such status as well. Architecture not only means a physical building, material, architects, sponsors, and founders of this art, but it also means rereading intellectual - literary form of people of this country that it makes rich their culture and art.  Studying and reading artichectural themes in the chapter of human being creation in "Mersad Al-ebad Men al-maba' va al-maad" written by Najm al-din Razi, 7th century mystic will be discussed in the present research. In other words, the process of human being's trip from the origin, i.  e. paradise towards material world, and then, to reach to the last destination and eternal life, creation of human being, his soul journey, it's positioning to the body, similes and allegories related to above mentioned cases have been discussed in this mystic writing. Similarly, pretty and unique allegories and metaphors have been applied by architectural factors and structures (e.g. house, building, villa,...) which indicates a combination of Literature and architecture by expressing the most beautiful  mystical concepts.
 

Keywords

• Mersad al-ebad
• mystic literature
• architecture
• Najm al-din Razi
• architectural themes
• Kaaba
• house
• heart