An analysis of artistic depictions of the Quran in contemporary Arab poetry

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Theological Education, Education and Islamic Education, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Payam Noor University
Abstract
One of the aspects of the expressive miracles and aesthetic secrets of the Holy Quran is the processing of artistic and extraordinary images, which, while using literary arts and linguistic arrays, with the precise crystallization of movement, dynamics, music and spiritual life in the fabric of visual subjects. is visible Based on this and in accordance with the deep worldview of the Quran, in which everything is full of the spirit of life, intelligence and self-awareness, Arab Muslim poets and writers have greatly benefited from the mentioned miraculous art in their poems inspired by the divine word.They have polished and immortalized their works, so that in their thought and artistic style, from the light of poems, the image is considered as the original pillar of poetry, as well as in the connection and deep connection with words and expressions; Among these writers, we can mention Ali al-Jarim and Maruf Al-Rasafi, who, inspired by the interpretations and words of the Qur'an, have created artistic poetic illustrations and added to their poetic richness.
In this article, with a descriptive analytical method and based on applied studies, while referring to the art of illustration, the types and place of Qur'anic artistic illustrations in Arab poetry and reflecting some of them in the poems of Ali Al Jarim and Maruf Al Rasafi, two contemporary Arab writers and poets, explain and is presented.

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