Educational and didactic contents in Haft Peykar

after more than eight centuries، Nizami is yet considered as the great storyteller in Persian literature. His Panj Ganj (Quintet) depicts his rhetoric in different mystical، love، historical and epic subjects. He had combined rhetoric and faith accompanied by divine revelations and succeeded not only in speech and eloquence manifested in his couplets besides perfection in literary beauties in expression and meaning، but also in all his stories. His stories denote artistic and literary aspects and carry moral and humanity messages involving advices on self-knowledge and wisdom for the governors particularly and people in general. Although، Nizami’s Haft Peikar (Seven Beauties) has been introduced as lyric and epic and apparently it contains submergence of Bahram Gur in pleasure of hunting and falling in love with girls of seven countries in seven domes but its general message and ultimate goal is guiding the readers toward humanly thoughts and moral contents and teaching and training. It acts as a mirror for human in progress and salivation path. Beyond the stories and events of Seven Beauties، there are deep concepts including theism، trust in God، justice، prevention of oppression، learning and gaining knowledge and art، rationalism، withdrawal of worldly instable belongings، avoiding of greed، blaming of debauch and lust، good thought and deed and avoiding mischief and hypocrisy، importance of endeavor and counseling with learned men in state affairs، generosity and beneficence، kindness with people and subordinates and other moral teachings that guide man toward salvation. This article investigates the didactic aspects and moral preaching of seven Beauties.