ادبیات عرفانی
June 19, 2026
Neda Shahani, Esmaeil Bani Ardalan
Mystical language, unlike scientific language, which is based on logical reasoning and conceptual clarity, is rich in metaphors whose primary function is to express ineffable spiritual experiences. The central concern of this study is how classical metaphors operate as cognitive tools in Iranian–Islamic mystical texts, rendering transcendent experiences intelligible to the reader. The aim of...
ادبیات عرفانی
October 10, 2025
Taher Lavzheh, Fariba Arayesh Tabiat
While narrating the stories of Masnavi, Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī in many cases ignores their narration and avoids expressing esoteric knowledge. After explaining the multiple mystical themes and announcing a return to the appearance of the original story, he uses the phrase "This speech has no end..." and similar expressions, which act as a verse of the return and reversal of the stories of Masnavi....
ادبیات عرفانی
July 24, 2021
Seyyedeh Sara Kashfi, Ghorban Elmi, Naser Gozashteh
According to phenomenologists of religion, revelation means the manifestation of the sacred based on divine grace to man, the output of which is a spiritual experience, unity, novel recognition, and rebirth. On this basis, the phenomenon of revelation can be studied regarding three aspects: the manifestation of the sacred, man, and the role of revelation. Since the writings of Ruzbihan Baqli...
ادبیات عرفانی
July 24, 2021
Ghodrat Allah Taheri
In recent studies, mysticism is divided into three realms: Mystical Experience, Mystical Practice, and Mystical Theory. There are conflicting opinions with regard to their precedence and antecedence. Some are of the opinion that theoretical principles precede mystical experiences and conduct believing that by the time the individual is not epistemologically informed, he does not approach...
ادبیات عرفانی
July 24, 2021
Ramin Moharrami, Soraiya Karimi Younjali
Applying descriptive-analytical research method, the present study critiques and analyzes Ibn-e Bazaz Ardabili’sSafvat al-Safa based on the mythical view of Mircea Eliade. From the perspective of Eliade, myth is the most important from of real, sacred, and communal thinking and for this reason it is exemplary and repeatable. In myth, the hero achieves trans-human conditions by transforming the...