A study of the status of love and art from the mystical perspective of Imam Khomeini

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the status of love and art from the mystical perspective of Imam Khomeini. The research method will be descriptive-analytical and the collection method will be library. One of the important aspects of Imam Khomeini's (as) personality is his mystical thought, which has certainly had a significant effect on his leadership. He, like other sages and philosophers, considers divine love and affection to be completely religious and based on the Qur'an, Hadith and Imams. For this reason, he has used the virtual terms of mystics a lot in his prose works as well as in his poetic and mystical works. Imam Khomeini, in addition to talking about divine love in his works, forbids the scholars from making incorrect judgments about divine love and affection, and finally Imam Khomeini considers the issue of love to be not only legitimate but also natural, saying: Nature The essence of man is the love of absolute perfection. On the other hand, art has a moral and transcendent aspect in Imam's view. This situation seems more prominent in the art of our country. Imam Khomeini describes art as a tool to achieve a lofty goal, which is the perfection of humanity. Art in the school of love shows the blind spots of social, economic, political and military problems. Art in Islamic mysticism is a clear depiction of justice, honor, and fairness, and an embodiment of the bitterness of the hungry for power and money. In Imam Khomeini's discourse,

Keywords

• imam khomeini (ra)
• love
• beloved
• divan
• art