Sufi Ecstatic Utterances (Shaṭḥiyyāt) in terms of Quranic Verses and Hadiths (A Case Study: Ecstatic Utterances of Abu-l-Ḥusayn Muzayyan and Abu-l-Qāsim Naṣrābādī)

Document Type : The Quarterly Jornal

Authors

1 Assistant professor, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

2 MA, Religions and Mysticism, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Muslim Sufis and mystics have uttered controversial and problematic words in that they appeared to be conflict with the religion and beyond the human comprehension. In his Sharḥ Shaṭḥiyyāt, Rūzbahān Baqlī Shīrāzī sought to interpret away the extremely notorious Sufi words. In this paper, we address the notion and history of “shaṭḥ” and then consider ecstatic utterances by two Sufis: Abu-l-Ḥusayn Muzayyan and Abu-l-Qāsim Naṣrābādī because of the significance of their contents, which include issues of servitude, Lordship, and seeking forgiveness as the most challenging issues in mysticism and Sufism. We have consider these cases in terms of Quranic verses and hadiths from the Infallibles in a descriptive and library method, seeking to determine how they relate to the practice of the Household of Prophet Muhammad. We conclude by showing that these ecstatic utterances are immensely in conflict.

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