An Investigation of Spiritual Figures of Speech1 in the Words of Imam Reza (P.B.U.H.) and Imam Sajjad (P.B.U.H.)

Spiritual figures of speech are ornaments that decorate the speech and bring the ordinary language closer to the figurative language. They make understanding of the word easy, too. Employing them in the speech indicates the capabilities of the speaker. The eloquent words of the Imams (P.B.U.H.), which are full of rhetoric, eloquence, and various technical and literary issues, are influenced by the familiarity with the Quran and
the divine knowledge. Their words are at a high level from the literary and rhetorical point of view and are considered as a sea of literary and rhetorical sciences. The Great Imams (P.B.U.H.) have multiplied the effects of their words with the use of spiritual figures. It is noteworthy that the Arabic speech has been mostly examined from the perspective of rhetorical figures, and there has been little research conducted from the
perspective of spiritual figures of speech. This research, using descriptive and analytic approaches, investigated the spiritual figures of speech in the words of Imam Sajjad (P.B.U.H.) and Imam Reza (P.B.U.H.) and assessed and recognized the elements of spiritual aesthetics and their effects in the words of these greats.