Book of Artay Viraf

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The Book of Artāy Virāf is a 9th-century Zoroastrian text written in Pahlavi. It details the visionary journey of an Iranian priest named Virāf through the afterlife.1

The book describes Virāf's descent into the netherworld, as well as his experiences in heaven and hell. It recounts the torments of the wicked and the rewards of the virtuous, serving as a moral guide and a deterrent against sin. This text is part of a larger body of Zoroastrian literature that explores eschatology, the study of end times, and the fate of the soul after death.21

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…based on reason, and the Book of Artāy Virāf, which describes Virāf’s descent into the netherworld as well as heaven and hell and the pleasures and pains awaiting the virtuous and the wicked. There are also a few signed works, such as those of the two brothers Zātspram and Mānushchihr,…
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…based on reason, and the Book of Artāy Virāf, which describes Virāf’s descent into the netherworld as well as heaven and hell and the pleasures and pains awaiting the virtuous and the wicked. There are also a few signed works, such as those of the two brothers Zātspram and Mānushchihr,…
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