A Study of Imam Ali’s Karāmāt and His Image in Sufia's Dreams in Mystical Texts

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Vahideh Dadashzade ¹ , Gholamali Arya ² , Alireza Ebrahim ³

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2 - استاد گروه ادیان و عرفان، دانشکدۀ الهیات، واحد تهران شمال، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران.نویسنده مسئول:[e-mail]
3 - استادیارگروه ادیان و عرفان، دانشکده الهیات، واحدتهران شمال، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران.

Received: 2019-12-24 Accepted : 2020-04-07 Published : 2022-12-22

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Abstract :

In this article, in a descriptive-analytical way Imam Ali’s Karāmāt that have remained in the Sufis’ texts, and it is imagined that a part of his conception of the Prophet was formed on the basis of these virtues, and the image of Imam Ali (a.s.) and his position and The role of sleep and dreams in the discovery and intuition of mystics has been discussed. This study shows that one of the most important functions of mystics' sleep was solving many of their mental problems and concerns, which are mostly in the field of religious and mystical issues. In addition to expressing these issues through sleep, they also added to its impact on the audience; Because the solution of these problems has been done in a dream by the language of God, Prophet (PBUH) and Sufi Sheikhs. In addition to solving problems in the dreams of mystics, there are revelations of the type of inspiration that inform about events that have not yet happened in reality..