A Brief Glance at Non-Narrative Gnostic Prose

Persian prose as a frame to express thought has undergone different periods during the 1000 years of its history and experienced various spiritual and verbal aspects. One of the most charming types of Persian prose is Gnostic writings. If we separate the mysticism related to narrative prose from fictional works, we will face several items such as letters, lectures, discussions, educational types, short notes, religious prose, advising notes, itinerary, biographies, reports, article, etc. in Gnostic non-narrative prose field. The information that is presented on these types in books related to Persian prose analysis is limited. Therefore, in this article it is tried to present some information about non-narrative prose by means of verified and valuable reference, clarify the realm of Gnostic non-narrative prose, and introduce famous figures and their main works.