An investigation into triple intellectual, shape and structural elements; and the manifestations of the science of meanings and expression in covenant prayer

Covenant prayer is one of the most famous prayers about Imam Asr that has been narrated by Imam Sadiq (P.B.U.H); The artistic images, beauty of the words and meanings existing in the covenant prayer address the existence of the human being, who is a mixture of wisdom, feeling and conscience, and finally draws an ideal picture of his/her intellectual aspects by stimulating his/her psyche and creating a balance among them. In the present study, in a problem-oriented style, with a library method and in a descriptive-analytical manner, it has been stated that: The intellectual element in the covenant prayer expresses Mahdavi Life with 8 components for waiting person; In the shape element, conversation, emotion, image and music, and prayer themes are discussed. In the emotion element, five stages of emotion stimulation, preparation, identity, excitement, and evaluation are stated and the image of God, Imam and the waiting person is expressed in the image element. Two vertical and horizontal cores are discussed in the structural element. It is also stated in this investigation that: in the covenant prayer, there are 4 declarative sentences and 19 cases of imperative verbs in the composition of the witness, 27 cases of interjection method, 25 of which are addressed to God and 2 of which to Hazrat Hojjat; In this prayer, Palace Method has been used twice in terms of negation and exception, and one case of the chapter is of connection perfection type; In prolixity, we see a special mention of the general aspect in 4 cases, repetition and footnote. In addition, metaphor is used 9 times, imagery 4 times and irony 4 times in this prayer.