Mysticism and Civilization: Exploring the Political Participation of Mystics and Sufis Focusing on Critique of Power

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Mohammad Nasiri ¹ (Associate Professor, Islamic Thought and Knowledge, University of Tehran, Tehran)
bagher mokhtari ² (PhD Graduate, Instructor, Islamic Civilization, Islamic Thought and Knowledge, University of Tehran, Tehran)
Ramezan Rezaei ³ (Assistant Professor, Islamic Thought and Knowledge, University of Tehran, Tehran)
Alireza Khajehgir ⁴ (Assistant Professor, Religions and Mysticism, University of Shahrekord, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Shahrekord)
Seyed Mohammad Reza Mosavi Faraz ⁵ (Assistant Professor, University of Tehran, Faculty of Islamic Thought and Knowledge, Tehran)

Received: 2021-12-18 Accepted : 2021-12-18 Published : 2021-12-22

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Abstract :

Despite some reports of mysticism and Sufism's distance from politics and its generalization to the main point of view of this movement, the existence of a discourse of critique of power and development and the completion of this discourse in the form of a complete message that has precise content, clear audience and logical means of transmission. It shows the activism and political participation of mystics and mystics. Criticisms that sometimes lead the analyst to the political participation of Sufism in the existence of a deep socio-political base. Utilizing the model of analyzing the message of critique of the power of this effective institution, this study tries to examine and analyze the role of pure heart Sufis in the heart of political events during historical and literary propositions. One of the only achievements is the constant presence of morality and sharia alongside power and politics. Based on historical evidence and authentic mystical sources, mystics, as one of the most influential sections of society and at some times spiritual leaders in various forms, direct and indirect, oral and written, have criticized the pillars of power. As for the critics of the critics, the caliphs, the kings of the ministers, the local rulers, the rulers who have been criticized by the mystics. The appointment of incompetent people to government positions has opened the door to criticism