The literary critics believe that words may be classified in four major classes. This classification is called the religious, lexical, general, and specific traditions. They also believe that each of these four classes of words ma)’ have the real or figurative sense as well.
Hence, if one wants to understand the exact meaning and message of the literary, mystical, cultural,... texts quite well, he should first know these four traditions. Then, he can perceive the various levels of meaning in these mystical texts.
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