() is one of the most important books of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
ian author
Ali Shariati
Ali Shariati Mazinani (, 23November 193318June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who specialised in the sociology of religion. He is regarded as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century. He has be ...
. The book could be considered among his personal writings.
Description
The book is a collection of articles by Shariati. He called them , which literally means "desert". The book is of great importance in many ways. is also where Shariati was born and raised. In fact, is a
metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide, or obscure, clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. Metaphors are usually meant to cr ...
for showing man's place on earth after falling. is also somewhere chosen by contemplatives to conduct a spiritually-oriented life. also refers to some memories of Shariati and to some of his ideas and insights explained in a poetical manner. Sometimes within the book, Shariati refers to quotations by other mystics and spiritualists in diverse religions. For example, he refers to
Ayn Al Qozat Hamadani as brother and mentions a long passage of Hamadani instead of his own introduction. When Sharati read Hamadani's book, he was very affected by him.
Shariati preferred writing rather than lecturing and teaching. He also used the term Kaviriat that refers to the thing through which he lives.
He expressed that almost every one of his publications could be considered as a piece of his being.
Also, the book is of stylistic dimensions such as paradigmatic axis and interaction one. He has used a historical approach in writing some words like Ghadimeh.
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A part of {{Transliteration, fa, Kavir in Persian
Books by Ali Shariati
Iranian books