A comparison between " Spэništa mainyu" - " spэnta mainyu" in Zoroaster's Gāthas and " al-fayd al-aqdas" - " al-fayd al-muqaddas" in Ibn Arabi's mystical system.

This article tries to compare two contiguous concepts in Zoroaster’s Gāthas, “Spэništa mainyu”- “spэnta mainyu”, with two others in Ibn Arabi’s mystical system, “al-fayḍ al-aqdas”- “al-fayḍ al-muqaddas”. By this comparison, we are in quest of arraying an explanation of two basic concepts of the Gāthas within the theories of a major figure of Islamic mysticism rather than corresponding these two to those. For this purpose, this paper takes a look at “Spэništa mainyu” and “spэnta mainyu” and after pursuing the function of these two hypostasises in Gāthic theology, in the second part, it offers a very short explanation about the two Ibn-Arabian concepts “al-fayḍ al-aqdas” and “al-fayḍ al-muqaddas”. In the third part the mentioned comparison between the two Gāthic elements and the two Ibn-Arabian is accomplished. The Gāthic terms, words and phrases are transcripted according to Humbach’s method all over this article.