The term greatness was taken on multiple meanings, and different
ways. However in the Islamic Arab thought, which Al-Motanabby
belongs to this concept was based on an essential point which is
perfection. In other words, perfection is the core of g
reatness and the most important feature in it is glory.
In Al-Motanabby's poetry, greatness was manifested in this sense,
and included many elements of existence, but the clearest and most important image was the one of the great man. Therefore, we focus, in this study, on human greatness through two images:
First, the great self, the image of Al-Motanabby him self.
Second, the great hero, the image of Sayf-Aldawlah the ideal savior Arab hero .
And as great is associated with beautiful for Al-Motanabby, so we
clarified his understanding of this kind of beauty, to discover that it was from spiritual or mental word, and not from material one
The problem of the Self occupies an important place in the philosophical thought, as the link between two major sections in philosophy: the study of knowledge and the study of existence which has received considerable attention throughout the history
of human thought. Philosophers have split into several directions notably the physical, the ideal and the realistic.
These attitudes reflected in the opinions and theories of Arab thinkers and philosophers where they treated this matter deeply and accurately, stemming from the nature of their hesitant attitude among the religious and the mental, of whom Fakhr
al-Deen al-Razi has devoted to this problem a large area in his compositions.
We wonder here about the nature of his attitude and how could he reconcile his philosophical mental bias and the Islamic concept of the self which is based on the axioms of the text?
