Document Type : Original Article
Author
faculty member of Research Institute of Hawzah and University
Abstract
In his book "Hindu and Muslim Mysticism", Ziner states that the Qur'an is not open to mystical interpretation due to God's complete alienation, and after Sufism, it is a complete deviation from the official teachings of Islam, and its development is dependent on factors outside of Islam. It seems that what caused him to consider Islam a non-mystical religion was his presupposition regarding the equality of mysticism with union with God, while neither Irfan nor "mysticism" - as its equivalent used by Ziner - in terms of Terminology is not based on the unity of God with the mystic's soul. Irfan is the direct knowledge of God. Of course, the direct knowledge of God is associated with an ontological relationship with God, which can be metaphorically referred to as "mysticism" for this relationship. This ontological relationship cannot be in the form of a union, meaning the unification of two essences or the oneness of two objects, because such a union is prohibited. Irfan means the direct knowledge of God, which - of course, is not exclusive - has been considered and rooted in the Qur'an and Sunnah, and this is possible without knowledge and also without belonging to the essence of God, and therefore, calling Islam non-mystical in terms of the correct meaning of Irfan is an unfair accusation, unless, based on a new situation, mysticism means unity, in which case Islam is magnificent in terms of containing the impossible.
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