Study 0f Light Hierarchies and Its Colors in Mysitical views
Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism
Fatemeh
Heydari
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(دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد کرج، دانشیار گروه ادبیات فارسی، کرج، ایران)
Soheila
Zeinali
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(دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد کرج، کارشناسی ارشد ادبیات فارسی، کرج، ایران)
Keywords: Darkness, Light, God The Most High, Colors,
Abstract :
A mystic passes through the twisting and turning paths of mysticism in order to attain the appreciation of God and reach the nearness to Him as wellas monotheism.there For ,he transcends the world of matter and travels in another world. In each stage of mystical hierarchies ,the mystic receives some revelations form unseen world so that he can envision his beloved as light or in different colors.Mystics believe that light in means God, who is the creator of heavens and earth , and all the universies have benefited from His light. Based on their own mystical procedures ,mystics like Eynolghozate Hamedani , Najmed din Kobra,Najmed din Razi, Molavi and Sheikh Mahmode Shabestari describe their mystical experiences about the reception of light and diverse colors of a world suprior to the material world. This article investigates the viewpoints these mystics.