Justice as a Mystical Position in Nahjul-Balāghah
Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism
Bakhshali Ghanbari
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(دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد تهران مرکزی، استادیار گروه ادیان و عرفان، تهران،ایران)
Keywords: mystical stage, justice, Nahjul-Balāghah, mysticism, Fairness,
Abstract :
Religious conductors and philosophers, especially ethic philosophers, have always mentioned تustice as mystical stage in s specially etic justice as a moral virtue; meanwhile, interpreters of religious texts confirmed this idea in different traditions, too.Nahjul-Balāghah as one of the above texts has continually been a reference to learned men. Nearly, in an approach to this book , moral meaning of justice has been emphasized whereas its mystical place and basis have never been discussed about. However, the writer has tried to notify justice in the mystical discourse ofNahjul-Balāghah. Justice is used in Nahjul-Balāghah in general, meaning fairness while in mystical worldview; this book serves as a mystical stage. It must be fulfilled in the soul of disciple (Salek) and then in society. In discourse the components of justice have usually mystical meanings. So we can mention it as one of the individual and social stage of mysticism withinNahjul-Balāghah.