Sharia Philosophy and Ethics
2026
Mohaddeseh Alizadeh, Mohammad Ali Yousefi, Reza Asadpour et al.
The present study aims to comparatively examine the mystical foundations of Madame Blavatsky’s Theosophy and Islamic mysticism, focusing on four principal domains: ontology, anthropology, epistemology, and the mystical path. The study employs a descriptive–analytical method based on library research. The findings indicate that the two traditions share certain similarities, including the...
Sharia Philosophy and Ethics
2026
Ali Akbar Eftekhari Far, Ali Yar Hosseini, Maryam Bakhtiar
The present study aims to explain the characteristics and epistemological factors of mystical knowledge from the perspective of Imam Khomeini (RA). This research adopts a descriptive-analytical approach based on the examination of Imam Khomeini’s mystical, ethical, and devotional works. The findings indicate that mystical knowledge in Imam Khomeini’s thought is presential, intuitive,...
Sharia Philosophy and Ethics
2026
Mousa Sedghi, Jamshid Jalali Sheyjani, Mahmoodreza Esfandiar
Fixed Entities (Aʿyān Thābitah), or the immutable realities of contingent beings, constitute one of the fundamental concepts of Ibn ʿArabī’s theoretical mysticism. This doctrine plays a pivotal role in explaining the relationship between unity and multiplicity, the nature of divine knowledge prior to creation, and the mode of manifestation of beings in the world. Using a descriptive-analytical...
Sharia Philosophy and Ethics
2025
Azar Shojaei, Maryam Bakhtiar, Farajollah Barati
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...
Sharia Philosophy and Ethics
2025
Tooba Mirzahosaini, Taherh Hajebrahimi
This study presents a comparative examination of the concept of ta’wil (esoteric interpretation) in the mysticism of Ibn Arabi and the Kabbalistic tradition, focusing on the idea of “ta’wil as the manifestation of divine names.” The central question of the study concerns how interpretation in these two traditions transcends the level of a merely exegetical method and becomes an existential,...