Exploring the Foundations of Zoroastrian Mysticism with Emphasis on Its Commonalities with Islamic Mysticism
Islamic Knowledge and Insight 2025 Hadi Izadi Asli, Behrouz Afshar, Mohammad Ali Yousefi
Mysticism is an inner spiritual phenomenon with a metaphysical essence and a transrational dimension, rooted in the pursuit of pure monotheism, culminating in annihilation in God (fanāʾ fi-llāh) and subsistence through God (baqāʾ bi-llāh). Through spiritual wayfaring toward God (sulūk ilā llāh), the human being becomes the manifestation of the divine names of majesty and beauty, a clear...