جایگاه ادبیات در آثار امام صادق(ع)

abstract:‎ literature is said beautiful words of poetry or prose that excites reader’s or listener’s feel. certainly, to ‎be effective, such a text should have certain characteristics. the four elements of the literature: thought, ‎imagination, emotion and style make a text to be literary and effective. emotion and imagination are ‎specific elements of literary texts, while thought and style are common elements of both literary and ‎nonliterary texts, though they enjoy differently from these two elements. literature is a godly gift given ‎to humans. the works of prophet’s household are full of literary elements. ‎ for instance, imam ali (as) in sermon number 233 of nahjolbalaghe regarding the rhetoric and ‎eloquence of the prophet’s household says: ‎‏"انّا لأمراءُ الکلامِ، وَ فینا تَنَشَّبَت عُرُوقُهُ، وَ عَلَینا تَهَدَّلت غُصُونُهُ ‏‎ . also ‎imam sadeq (as) - the sixth imam of the shia- states:‎‏"أعرِبُوا حَدیثَنا فإنِّا قومٌ فُصَحاءُ"‏ apart from the above hadith, there are many other sayings left from imam sadeq (as) about the ‎importance of rhetoric and its definition. ‎ he was born in 83a.h. in medina, grown up under the supervision of his grandfather and father and ‎finally died in 148 a.h. this research tries to determine the literary status of imam sadeq (as) using ‎descriptive-analytical method and study the works left from him including his prose works, like advice, ‎short hadith, prayer, pilgrimage, debate and interpretation. he has used especially in his advice ‎different literary elements in his works depending on the situation demands. accordingly, advice is more ‎literary among his other works. further, one may find a relation between religion and literature through ‎studying the works of imams sadeq (as). ‎ keywords: imam sadeq (as), literature, emotion, imagination, thought, style.‎