As it can be observed in the history of Iran, most of the great scholars in different branches of science are oriented toward mysticism. One of those scholars was Bahā al‐Din Muhammad Āmili (Sheykh Bahāyi), a scholar, philosopher, Faqih (expert in Fiqh), exegete, Muhaddith (Hadith expert) and poet in 10th century AH. Though Safavid dynasty originated from a mystical order, people in this era di...

One of the characteristics of the language of mysticism, like that of poetry and art, is its imagery and analogy. Evidently there is also al close relationship between mysticism and myth. It is on the basis of these two facts that the writer of this article following a brief report on the allegorical language of mysticism examines the relationship between mysticism and myth by investigating the...

Insight, besides being one of the controversial issues in Mysticism, is seriously facing differences and contradictions in mystics' works. These differences are basically formed under the influence of differing views in Sufi sects. One type of insight is “seeing colored lights” which seem to be presented for the first time by the followers of Kubrawiyyah School in Islamic Mysticism....

Abstract:      In the post-Islamic centuries, especially after the Mongol invasion, a form of secular worship called Sufism and mysticism emerged, which affected other aspects of Iranian culture, including literature. Mysticism includes certain stages and degrees which the seeker of the path of truth must go through. Many writers, including Rumi, Sanai, Jami, and Attar, have devoted their lite...

  One of the most important subjects dealt with in Islamic mysticism is known to be the subject of the seal of the friends, khatam al-awlia. The main question of the paper has centered on Ibn Arabi’s thought on the seal of the friends. It is commonly viewed that he has known himself as the seal of the friends. Again one can see clearly the same title for Isa, the mesih, in his works. In this ...