Basic mystical concepts and problems/issues in the thought of ihwan al-safa
CUMHURIYET ILAHIYAT DERGISI-CUMHURIYET THEOLOGY JOURNAL, vol.9, no.2, pp.205-260, 2005 (ESCI)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 9 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2005
- Journal Name: CUMHURIYET ILAHIYAT DERGISI-CUMHURIYET THEOLOGY JOURNAL
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, ATLA Religion Database, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.205-260
- Keywords: Ihwan al-Safa, Sufism, purification of saul, heart, love, zuhd
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
It may be said that great sufis and same philosophers took the important part of mystical concepts from Ihwan al-Safa; however, they gave great importance to the mystical virtues besides religion, philosophy, rational and positive sciences in many places in "Rasail". Ihwan ai-Safa uses the way of sufism only as a mental means to reach the high information, not as a system.