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The Boiling Circle, the Rotating Circle (Two kinds of symbols of the Circle in Islamic Tradition)
Author(s) -
Ali Babaei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
wisdom/imastut'yun
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2738-2753
pISSN - 1829-3824
DOI - 10.24234/wisdom.v18i2.484
Subject(s) - mysticism , symbol (formal) , islam , point (geometry) , center (category theory) , boiling , philosophy , literature , geometry , art , mathematics , physics , theology , linguistics , chemistry , thermodynamics , crystallography
 In theological sources, many symbols are used to explain the transcendent truths of existence. Among the shapes, the circle has the most use of a symbol which is important for Religious, philosophers, and mystics. However, what is refer mostly to the shape of a circle is the rotation of a circular line that begins at a point on a surface and ends at the same point; then, the most superficial and intermediate symbols of facts are explained with it. Contrary, the present article proposes a novel way of drawing a circle, and with this approach, examines some philosophical concepts. We call this drawing "Boiling Circle", because, the rays are coming out boiling from the center. We also have analyzed and introduced a unique example of a mystical-philosophical-religious Architectural building, during which a circular spring has been built. Its water comes out boiling of the center and fills the five circles within itself and twelve eyes around it. This article begins with the drawing of a boiling circle, continues with explaining the philosophical symbols of the boiling circle and boiling spring according to Islamic mysticism, and ends with comparing and expressing the differences between the symbols of the two circles.

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