This study aims to comparatively analyze the number, structure, and conceptual logic of mystical stations and waystations in the thought of Imam Khomeini and Qushayri. The central problem is that the difference between these two mystics in presenting spiritual stations is not merely numerical, but rooted in their epistemological, anthropological, spiritual, and teleological foundations. The...
Spiritual wayfaring in the Islamic mystical tradition is understood as a gradual process of self-purification, liberation from worldly attachment, and movement toward divine knowledge and proximity. The present study aims to comparatively examine the foundations, conditions, and spiritual stations in the thought of Imam Khomeini and Abd al-Karim Qushayri. The research adopts a...