The purpose of this paper was to briefly discuss origins of the Iranian sport clubs and ancient sports. Apparently, ancient sports, from the very beginning, have been dramatically under the influence of social, religious, and ethical factors. For instance, such sports are influenced by the principles of Mithraism and Zoroastrianism be for the emergence of Islam. There are also some manifestatio...

Zein al-Din Abdul Salam Kamo’ee (696 AH) was one of the unknown mystics of the late seventh and the early eighth centuries. He was famed for attributes and appellations such as “Zein al-Din” (i.e. the ornament of the religion), “Sheikh of Iraq”, and “the King of Kamoo”. At forty years of age, Abdul Salam experiences some spiritual changes due to austerity and seclusion and since then he seeks f...

Mystical literature is one of the issues that accounts for a large part of Persian literature. Given its extent, mysticism (Sufism) has seen a lot of ups and downs. In addition, its impact on other areas is also significant. Mysticism is such an important topic about which different and even conflicting opinions have been issued. Therefore, so many different mystical schools have been esta...

William Chittick, currently Professor of Religious Studies at the State University of New York (Stony Brook), is an internationally renowned expert on Islamic thought. His contributions to the fields of Sufism and Islamic philosophy have helped paint a clearer picture of the intellectual and spiritual landscape of Islamic civilization from the 7th/13th century onwards. Yet Chittick is not simpl...

Research on God’s Ism-e-A´zam (The Exalted Name) is considered one of the most argued issues in Islamic narrations and, consequently, in Islamic Mysticism, both theoretically and practically. One concern regarding Ism-e- A´zam is the criteria for the Greatness of Ism-e-A´zam on which there are pertinent studies in narrative and mystical sources. This article is an attemp...