Aesthetical Analysis of Literary Imagery and Metaphor in Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya and Nahj al-Balagha:A Deepening of Religious Knowledge

This research explores some metaphors in Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya and Nahj al-Balaghah. The data have been analyzed to reach the inner layers of the concepts using the descriptive-analytical method with a comparative approach. Aestheticity is the proportion and harmony that satisfies human desires. Aesthetics is knowledge that discusses beauty and its purpose is to increase curiosity and satisfy emotions. Aesthetics strengthens the beauty of friendship and appreciation of works of art. One of the most important factors in the beauty of Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya and Nahj al-Balaghah is their literary images in the form of metaphor. which stands out like dynamic panels with appropriate colors and patterns in many subjects and displays strong, deep imagination, rich emotion, creativity, and knowledge in creating artistic landscapes. Therefore, to achieve deep aesthetic layers and to deepen religious knowledge, these texts must be carefully examined and analyzed with an epistemological approach.The findings of this research show that the topics in and Nahj al-Balaghah have been jointly analyzed through the literary images of metaphor with the approach of deepening religious knowledge and their aesthetics. These topics include death, the world, temptations, piety, some parts of the human body, and natural phenomena, in which dynamism, identification, knowledge enhancement, and guidance are evident.