Matching Pairs Beauty in Classic ArabicOnline version Views of four medieval Islamic philosophers by Karim Youssef 1 the universe emanates from the superior divine world 2 beauty 3 the concept of beauty is apprehended in ideal and spiritual terms related to 4 inner perception of the ultimate beauty, namely, divine beauty 5 true beauty comprises a conjunction of moral, spiritual, intellectual, and even physical characteristics 6 Ibn Sina 7 beauty 8 Ibn al-Haytham 9 Ibn Rushd 10 Ibn Hazm 11 meta-aesthetics 12 mimesis has to be deduced from a systematic analytical approach of perceptible reality conceived as a coherent and ordered whole. a philosophy of sensory experience that does not treat its subject separately, but includes it within the wider area of various orders of questions, the ontological, religious, ethical, and their derivatives. organizes the attributes and qualities assigned to perceptible beauty in a three-tiered hierarchy. understands that both the earthly sphere and the divine sphere are in a reflexive relationship underpinned by the principle of emanation. that mold themselves into a kind of perfect being or one that tends toward perfection. stems from the licit enjoyment of the beautiful identifies itself with objective and observable notions of order, structural cohesiveness and physical harmony. does not necessarily produce formal beauty but opens a cognitive path called for a hierarchy of nobility instead of beauty light and brightness recognizes beauty as an objective and visible fact that all objects and beings display in various degrees. and is consequently a reflection of it, graduated in various levels.