Man in the Mirror of Divine Attributes of Beauty and Magnificence

If we consider the major components of worldview as one’s own perspective toward the beginning and end of existence and the man’s mission and position, the significance of anthropology and its definition will be clarified. The present article is concerned with the relationship between the divine attributes of beauty and magnificence and anthropology. Since, according to Koranic verses and transmissions of texts, theologians, philosophers and mystics consider man as the vicegerent of Allah and define divine vicegerent as the acquisition of divine attributes by man or as the locus of the theophony of divine namesand attributes, examination of the two divine attributes of beauty and magnificence plays an important role in the explanation of descriptive, normative and educational anthropology. This article first reviews the attributes of beauty and magnificence from the point of view of some theologians, philosophers and mystics and then presents a specific interpretation of the views which has implications for descriptive, normative and educational anthropology.