درآمدي بر شناخت وجوه زيبايي در قرآن با تاكيد بر تجلي جمال توحيدي در صفات شهر اسلامي

An Introduction to the Recognition of Facets of Beauty in the Quran with an Emphasis upon Manifestation of Monotheistic Beauty in the Characteristics of the Islamic City

There is a deep, mutual relationship between quality of beauty and the set of other qualities of the Islamic city in such a way that manifestation of any quality of the Islamic city is a symbol of beauty. On the other hand, a city is beautiful in which other qualities of Islamic city are manifested both outwardly and inwardly. Nonetheless, in researches made on the Islamic city and its qualities no special attention is made to the quality of beauty. The main purpose of this essay is to investigate and expound analytically the mutual relationship of beauty and other qualities of the Islamic city. Hence, notion of beauty is surveyed first; synonyms of beauty, levels of recognition of beauty, source of beauty in the Islamic culture, and the said relationship are analyzed secondly; and an analysis is presented concerning the beauty caused by manifestation of some qualities of the Islamic city in traditional cities finally.