Analysis of Three mystical positions: Tavakol, Sabr and Tobah (Based on The interpretation of Makhzan Al- Irfan of Banu Amin and Al-Futuhat Al-Makkiyah of Ibn Al-Arabi)

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Nancy Saki ¹

1 - Assistant Professor, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran, *Corresponding Author. [e-mail]

Received: 2022-06-19 Accepted : 2022-06-19 Published : 2022-06-22

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Abstract :

Mysticism literally means knowing and knowing after ignorance, recognition, awareness and wisdom, and as a term it means knowing God and His loving worship and finding the path of it. Among the interpretations of The Holy Quran, we come across some works in which the commentator has a mystical perspective and approach to interpret the verses of The Holy Quran. One of these commentators is Seyyedeh Nusrat Beigom Amin, who paid attention to mystical aspects of interpreting The Holy Quran. In the present article, an attempt has been made to study the mystical views of Banu Amin and Ibn Al-Arabi about the three mystical positions of Tavakol(trust), Sabr(Patience), Tobah(Repentance) by descriptive-analytical method and using library resources, especially works in the field of mysticism and interpretation of The Holy Quran. Paying attention to patience and repentance in the Holy Quran leads to the mystical aspect and makes their characteristics more apparent. After examining her views, it was concluded that Banu Amin is very concerned with practical reliance, patience on hardships and repentance in the direction of faith, so she suggests a mystical interpretation of the verses related to these concepts. Ibn Al-Arabi, as the founder of theoretical mysticism, emphasizes more on the negative and positive issues of these three mystical terms.