Abstract
Brilliant models of allegory and secretive tales are observable in mystical and philosophical works of Persian literature in verse and prose. Avicenna is the first person who has written the philosophical tale of Hayy Ebn Yaqzan in mystical clothing and symbolic style. In this philosophical and symbolic epistle, Avicenna has represented evolution stages of human in request of hidden secrets and sublime insight and spiritual life, and in travers of behavior stages he became aware of the truth that there is a spiritual life other than corporeal life. Therefore he is guided to spiritual world by sense and by the help of active wisdom. Then Andalusian Ebn Tofeyl has combined Avicenna ’s tales of Hayy Ebn Yaqzan and Salamon & Absal and recompiled it in a symbolic form and wrote it out with philosophical array. In this tale Hayy Ebn Yaqzan was grown alone in an island and he was attracted by comprehension and perception of the reality by external senses, recognition of palpable worlds and by discovery. Despite some similarities with Persian archaic tales, ((Salamon & Absal)) is a Greek legend in fact, which was received by Honayn Ebn Eshaq in east by translation from Greek into Arabic for the first time. This tale contains allegorical and philosophical aspects and has Greek quality and Alexandria quality. This tale was changed into a mystical and discovery tale by Avicenna . In fact he made it a part of his ((philosophy of east and west)) equivalent of common philosophy. Jamie wrote the original narrative of Honayn Ebn Eshaq in a symbolic form with artistic, elegant and eloquent statement. This poem is Jamie’s shortest ‘Orang, and also his most gnostic ‘Orang, of his famous Haft ‘Orang. In this tale Salamon is the symbol of soul and Absal is the symbol of body. This research studies the introduced characters in Jamie’s Salamon & Absal and Hayy ebn Yaqzan in Avicenna ’s and Andalusian Ebn Tofeyl’s tales.
Highlights
Desire for story is natural and instinctive in every man
Avicenna is the first person who has written the philosophical tale of Hayy Ebn Yaqzan in mystical clothing and symbolic style
5_ Pyramids (Egypt Pyramids) In Salamon and absal tale in Honayn Ebn Eshaq’s narration,these pyramids are attributed to the king (Salamon’s father) and he talk of pyramids as follow: (Egypt’s pyramids which their weird spell saved them for hundreds of centuries, are of memorials and constructions of the grate king who was a master in spelling, in the name of Hermanuss (Hermess) the son of Sofestiqian herqel (Herculess) who ruled over Rome, Greece and Egypt
Summary
Desire for story is natural and instinctive in every man. And narration and story making has been always one of man’s mental and sentimental needs. This research is meant to investigate and compare introduced characters of abd Al Rahman Jamie’s Salamon & Absal and Avicenna ’s and Andalusian Ebn Tofeyl’s Hayy Ebn Yaqzan tale which has Greek quality and came into Arabic and Persian language and experienced different narratives and has been written in different themes such as philosophical or gnostic ones.
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