Human bilateralism in Islamic mysticism
Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism
Kheirollah Mahmoodi
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(دانشیار زبان و ادبیات فارسی ، دانشگاه شیراز)
Masoumeh Bakhshizadeh
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(دانشجوی دکتری زبان و ادبیات فارسی، دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد.)
Keywords: creation, human being, woman, Allegory, Haghighat-e Mohammadiyeh, Man, Bilateralism,
Abstract :
Man, the superior to every creature, is a bilateral being who, both in creation and in behavior, tends toward divine light and darkness. A part of his existence pertains to the light and the other part to the world of darkness. Lights and darkness allegory and man's place among both of them are symbolically addressed. Body and soul, wisdom and ego, goblet and light or goblet and wine as well as mirror and felt are of the most major titles of allegory. Man and woman are another expression in order to show the reciprocal symbols of light and darkness in the creation domain; an allegory which can also be seen in the other cultures and religions. In addition, woman herself has a dual face. On the one hand, she is the symbol of darkness against man, and on the other, she is the symbol of real light that is, absolute reality. It is seems that, man's duality is influenced by an extensive argument entiteled "Haghighat – e Mohammadiyeh", because the inherent concept of Haghighat-e Mohammadiyeh, in which mankind is proposed to be the most significant evidence, is per se a dual concept that plays the intermediate role.