An Examination of the Various States of the Mystic During and After the Occurrence of the Gnostic Experience (With Emphasis on Ṭabaqāt al-Ṣūfiyya, Asrār al-Tawḥīd, and Sharḥ-e Shaṭḥiyyāt)
Treasury of Persian Language and Literature 2026 Zahra Soltan Mohammadi, Hanieh Sadri Majd, Zohreh Nooraeinia
In Islamic mysticism, the apprehension of the truth of existence is attained neither through sensory perception nor through rational argumentation, but rather through an inner, immediate, and unmediated experience known as the gnostic experience or mystical unveiling (kashf wa shuhūd). This form of knowledge arises from the unveiling of the heart and the awakening of the inner self, elevating...