Nahjolbalagheh Research

Nahjolbalagheh Research

A Study of Mystic Ahwal

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch The Faculty of the university
Abstract
Many mystical works have been published in the West, some of which have also been returned to Farsi. In the set of these ideas, one meet three types of theory: constructivism, evelasting wisdom, and compilation theory. Some believe that in these states some awareless states may be found also, but so far no such theorizing has focused on religious texts, especially on Nahj al-Balaghah. Therefore, the present paper seeks to study  the conditions of ahwal, religious/mystical experiences, and their how and what in the book mentioned and their relations to mstical attitudes of wisdom and structuralism. The findings indicate that there are a variety of such experiences in Nahj ul-Balagh containble in objective ones and mental ones. The objective experieces are in harmony with the everlasting wisdom and the mental with constructivism or are of more epystemological nature. However, Nahj al-Balaghah's theory does not confirm pluralism, though it has spoken of the plurality of ahwal. These experiences are sometimes focused on a subject, that is, they are intentional, and sometimes they return to the presence of God founded through human intuition and, therefore, being not intentional.
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