Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Mazandaran University
2 Urmia University, West Azerbaijan, Iran
Abstract
Theorists believe that Jesus Christ is the "Logos" in the Christian world. Perhaps this is the most important reason for the massive and continuous presence of Christ in the art of Christianity. Because he was the embodiment of God on earth, and his iconography promoted the spirit of Christianity. This article aims to analyze the reason for the presence of the Prophet's name along with the name of Allah in a spiritual and conceptual sense. Certainly, because of the sacredness of Islamic art, most of the names and images that came in the artwork were based on religious reasons and had a divine origin. The research hypothesis emphasizes the difference in the reason for the manifestation of the name of the Prophet in Islamic art and the reason for the manifestation of Christ's icon in Christian art. The results of the findings and analyzes showed: According to verses which explicitly refer to the Prophet's humanity, he cannot be regarded as the Son of God or the Logos. But on the one hand, he is the most complete and high man, according to the Koran, possesses divine attributes; Traits such as Rahim, Noor and Shahid, which are divine names. By examining some of the works of Islamic art, and observing the name of the Prophet (PBUH) alongside the name "Allah", which dates from the very first century to the present day, one can conclude: the spiritual reason for this is the manifestation of divine attributes in the blessed existence of the Prophet. In fact, if the Christians' intention of bringing the image of Christ is the understanding of God in the physical dimension, the presence of the name of the Prophet beside the divine names is due to the reverence to the supreme position of a perfect man, which is part of the divine attributes.
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