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''Chapter 5: Calligraphic Lions Symbolizing the Esoteric Dimension of Ali’s Nature'' | ''Chapter 5: Calligraphic Lions Symbolizing the Esoteric Dimension of Ali’s Nature'' | ||
Raya Shani deals only with calligraphic lions, whose bodies are shaped by sacred formulas related to [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|Imam Ali]] with a hidden message. | [[Raya Shani]] deals only with calligraphic lions, whose bodies are shaped by sacred formulas related to [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|Imam Ali]] with a hidden message. | ||
Zarcone and Shani present iconography and calligraphy as two modes of religious symbolism. They observe in their chapters the image of the lion, another Shi’i zoomorphic symbol, as a representation of Imam Ali. While, these two scholars argue that these religious images and sacred calligraphies, founded by Shi’i Sufi ideologies, show us a world but not the world itself. | Zarcone and Shani present iconography and calligraphy as two modes of religious symbolism. They observe in their chapters the image of the lion, another Shi’i zoomorphic symbol, as a representation of Imam Ali. While, these two scholars argue that these religious images and sacred calligraphies, founded by Shi’i Sufi ideologies, show us a world but not the world itself. | ||