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The image of the Islam Prophet’s(pbuh) Ascent depicted in Falnameh Tah-masbi in Saavid era represents a Shia version of the holy event symbolically. Showing a different pictorial version of the Ascent, the image has taken ad-vantage of applying the combined sun-and lion icon to represent the Prophet (pbuh ) and imam ali (pbuh) for the first thme . Adopting a systematic logical and interdisciplinary approach, iconology tries to interpret the latent meanings in artworks. The present study aimed to interpret the image of the Prophet’s (pbuh) Ascent with the help of the mentioned approach in three distinct phases the first two phases dealt with description and analysis of the image and the third one addressed the interpretation revealed by iconology and identified the latent symbolic values in the image. The questions of the research included 1- what cases can be interpreted as the latent meanings as well as symbolic values in iconology? and 2- Is it possible to have a general understanding of the circumstances and the common ideology of Safavid era in which the image has been created? The objective of this research was to address the iconology of the visual elements of the images related with the event of the Ascent. The hypothesis of the study was that the circumstances of Safavid era have had impact on the symbolic expression of the images. The methodology conducted is descriptive-analytic in nature. Also, the data were gathered based on library and database sources. The results indicated that iconology approach is particularly effective in identifying the latent conceptual layers in the imag-es. The results also revealed that the application of the combined sun-and-lion icon has continued in time, however, as the symbolic values changed, a func-tion shift has occurred in the application of the icon