Rivages, No 6 (2021)

Color and Design in Ḏaḫīrat al-Muḥtāj of al-ŠayḫMuḥammad al-Mu‘ṭā al-Šarqāwī

Khalid ZAHRI

Résumé


This paper aims to examine the role of aesthetic dimensions in religious transmission from some manuscript copies of kitāb Ḏaḫīrat al-Muḥtāğ, written by the famous Moroccan mystical Šayḫ Muḥammad al-Mu‘ṭā b. Muḥammad al-Șāliḥ al-Šarqāwī (1180 H / 1766 CE).This transmission is manifested especially in two ways: 1 – Colors that serve to convey spiritual values, and express mystical positions.
2 - Forms and images having the role of concretizing metaphysical or eschatological knowledge.