Risalah Mithaliyyah Nuriyyah by Sheikh Baha al-Din Muhammad bin Ali Lahiji

Risalah Mithaliyyah authored by Shaykh Baha al-Din Muhammad bin Ali Lahiji is about the world of ideas. According to Armawi، a traditionist، Lahiji is no one other than Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Ishkawari، author of Mahbub al-Qulub. The present article seeks to explain the qualities of the world of ideas and prove its existence on the basis of verses، traditions and reason. It also shows how a soul belongs to an ideal body. Platonic ideas، transmigration of souls and bodily resurrection are among other issues that are dealt with in this article