Levels of Soul from Naser Khosrow's Perspective

Hakim Abu Moein Naser Khosrow Ghobadiyani Balkhi poet, and philosopher of fifth century in all his prose and verse writings sees man as the macrocosm. In his view man is made up of two components: body and soul. Soul is the living, wise, and immortal, and body is its mortal part. Soul has some levels among which superego is superior and guardian to all. In his writings Naser khosrow refers to levels of soul both with Persian and Arabic terms. This paper is an attempt to analyze the levels of soul in his prose and verse.