Quest and the development of the theory of "love" in the mystical and philosophical notions and thoughts of Roozbahan and Ibn al-Dabbagh

Love has been the most important topic in mystical literature whose conceptual framework has gone far beyond frameworks of the existing word to well above the world of senses, and the most exalted ideas of Islamic philosophers and mystics have materialized themselves in it. There are three major approaches (i.e., philosophical, mystical and the one between the two) that have applied their whole spectrum of imagination and thinking to define and describe the concepts of love. "Ábhar-olashegin" of Roozbahan Baghli and "Mashariq-ol Anvar-alqoloob" of Ibn al-Dabbagh Cyrene, which have been composed in two distinct ideological and geographical contexts, are outstanding examples of mystical and philosophical spectrums. Through explaining and analyzing the issue of divine love in these two works, we demonstrate that Islamic scholars and mystics have defined the nature of such love through establishing certain phrases and expressions and thereby have enriched mystical language and concepts through the widespread application of such specific and technical phrases and terms.