A Study of Towhid Stages in Mystical Vision of Jonaid Baghdadi
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 5, Issue 9
Abstract
This article will study one of the most fundamental principles of Islamic mysticism, Towhid, with a new and effective model (Interaction of Practical and Intellectual Faculties). Towhid has a special position in mystical texts. For a better understanding of mystical texts, clarifying the position of Towhid and its stages is necessary. Towhid is the mystic’s destination in mystical journey and mystics enumerate a number of stages for it. On the one hand, reaching the stage of Towhid depends on the “practical faculty” and Sufi achieves it with passing the stages of Mystical Journey and, on the other hand, it depends on the “intellectual faculty” and mystical vision. Therefore, for a better understanding of the Towhid attention to the interaction of intellectual and practical faculties is necessary. One of the pioneers of this topic is Jonaid Baghdadi, a thoughtful mystic and theorist belonging to the first mystical tradition(1), who has valuable ideas on the topic. Regarding different levels of audiences, he mentions various stages for Towhid. His remarks about Towhid prove that both mystical practices and mystical vision are playing a role for achieving the stage of Towhid. Jonaid has joined practical and intellectual faculties to reach the high level of Towhid and his mysticism is not simply practical. He believes that the first level of Towhid is Knowledge of the Common People. This Knowledge helps Sufi to begin his spiritual journey. In Jonaid’ s view, intellectual vision helps mystic in his journey and also passing the stages of spiritual journey promotes mystic’s vision. In this research, we study and analyze different stages of Towhid in Jonaid statements based on practical and intellectual faculties.
Authors and Affiliations
Elham Sayyedan| Ph.D. student of Persian language and literature, University of Isfahan, email: elhamsaiedan@yahoo.com, Hosain Aghahosaini| The Professor of Persian language and literature, University of Isfahan, Sayyed Ali Asghar Mirbagheri-Fard| The Professor of Persian language and literature, University of Isfahan
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