“An Investigation into Critique of Sufism in the Eighth and Ninth Century in the Persian Tradition with an Emphasis on the Book Jonoun al-Majanin”

Author:
Jaber Akbari
Level:
Ph.D
Subject(s):
Sufism and Islamic mysticism
Language:
Farsi
Faculty:
Faculty of Mysticism
Year:
2018
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Hamed Naji Esfahani, Saeed Rahimian
Advisor(s):
Reza Elahi Manesh

Throughout its history, Sufism has seen numerous reviews, criticisms, approvals, and criticisms. Sometimes external criticisms, sometimes Sufis have been discussed, both of which have been examined. One of these critiques is the inner critique of Sufism by Qawamuddin Sanjaani, the Muslim scholar of eighth and ninth centuries. In his book, he critically criticizes Sufism and has tried to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses and distinguishes between true Sufis and Sufis. In this research, we have reviewed and analyzed the critique of Sufism in the eighth and ninth centuries. criticisms Sufism from theoretical point of view include the views of Sufis on the negation of the transcendental sciences and the observance of philosophical theologians, solvation and unity, the falsehood of love, religious deviations, the following of Satan, and in practical Sufism he criticize such subjects as, disregard for science and humiliation, heresy, vulgarity, disdain, hypocrisy, dance and laziness. Most critiques are related to Sufi practices and practices, as well as critics more than the Sufis themselves, which is one of the unique features of mysticism and Sufism, which is less prevalent among other sects and religious scholars. Exterior reviews are very limited in quantitative and qualitative terms. The critiques of this century have been raised in poetic texts, in the form of Ghazal and Masnavi, and are dispersed and presented less frequently in prose texts and in regular and classified form.