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Velayat from the Point of Views of Sufism and Shi’ism (Similarities and Differences). LIRE 2011; 8 (31) :161-186
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Abbas Mohammadiyan, PH.D.
Abstract
Sunni Sufis and mystics have taken into account the issue of velayat or spiritual rank from 3rd century hijri onwards and each of the two groups of Shia and Sunni mystics in their works and words have talked about the aspects such as complete human being, velayat, relations between velayat and prophethood, necessity of godly men, their axis and reasoning among people in every period emphasizing on the continuity of life, end of velayat as well as chain and guilds of mystics.
In this paper, in order to explain the topics of velayat and discussion related to it, the author takes into account similarities and differences in outlook of the aforementioned two groups through extracting reliable resources to show the ratio of their influence upon each other.
Keywords: Velayat in Sufism, Mysticism and Literature, Shi'ism and Sufism, End of Velayat, Prophethood
Article Type: مقالات علمی پژوهشی |
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Received: 2019/10/28 | Accepted: 2019/10/28 | Published: 2019/10/28
Received: 2019/10/28 | Accepted: 2019/10/28 | Published: 2019/10/28
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