Mystical authorities from Imam Khomeini’s point of view

Author:
Elham Safalou
Level:
Master
Subject(s):
Sufism and Islamic mysticism
Language:
Farsi
Faculty:
Faculty of Mysticism
Year:
2017
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Reza Elahimanesh
Advisor(s):
Iman Amini

The story of mankind’s journey begins when man falls to the material world during the arc of the descent, and now he has to reach the eternal position by endeavor, which is to attain absolute perfection and true monotheism. In this spiritual and inner journey, which is not easy, the traveler will inevitably spend the stages and the authorities who are on their way one after the other and can achieve his goal by their help, according to most of the mystics opinion Of course it is not possible unless with the help of an old and master who knows the way. As a result, the review of Mystical authorities from Imam Khomeini’s point of view is considered to be a mystic with a certain existential dimension, and a rare personality can lead many true followers of spiritual wayfaring. Due to the lack of a specific arrangement in the Mystical authorities referred to in the works of Imam, Manāzel al-Sā’erīn Khwaja Abdullah Ansari in this research has been used as an index source for dividing Mystical authorities into three sections of primary, middle and final officials. Imams’ Mystical authorities is placed in these three categories and examined and carefully reviewed so that they could be considered as a well-documented research by the scholars of the field of mysticism.