The story is a beautiful piece of art and it has many kinds in the
ancient Arabic literature. the research studies the different kinds of
narrative story in Andalusian literature.
Syrian narrative writers have used a number of symbols in
their narrative works, one of which is fire, which has been used very
flexibly. Fire stood for punishment, catharsis, fear, and desire both in
relation to the theme of the relevant story an
d its title.
The paper leaves it open for new significations for this symbol
that might appear in new meanings and forms by other narrative
writers not dealt with here.
