دراسة التراث الديني وتوظيفه في مسرحية «أهل الكهف» لتوفيق الحكيم

An Analysis on Religious Heritage and its Application in “The People of the Cave” Play by Tawfiq Al-Hakim

There should be religious artist before religious art comes to exist; it means religious science should be parallel with Islamic and religious insight. Tawfiq al-Hakim is a famous name in the history of Arabic contemporary literature and owns specific wave whose works are called “mental plays” due to some troubles in imagination of this literary type. Hakim’s literature had remarkable effect on next literary generations and that’s why knowing religious fields, references and time conditions seem essential to find out the effect of religious heritage in creating works by scholars and literary men such as Tawfiq al-Hakim. The method of present research is descriptive and librarian to analyze the effect of religious heritage on “People of the Cave” play by Tawfiq al-Hakim.