عرفان از دیدگاه مطهری

MYSTICISM

Mr.Motahari in his book"The Islamic Sciences" said: "One of the sciences that is born in Islamic culture is Mysticism.Mysticism as a scientific and cultural organization has two parts: Practical part and Theoretical part.

The practical part is the part that explains relationships and human`s duties about self , universal and God.

Mysticism in this unit is like ethic.This unit of mysticism is called *excursion and manner*. In this unit of mysticism ,it is explained that mystic , to reach monotheism, should know from where must start and which stages must pass.Of course , in all of the stages there must be an advanced and complete person to aware him/her.The monotheism of mystic means that *ther is nothing else God*.The diferences between Mystic and Philosopher are explained that: philosopher works with wisdom , reason, philosophy and argumentation; but , mystic works with spirit , endeavour and purgation.

In the Islamic Mysticism , there are seven stages for a person who wants to become a Mystic.These are called : Seeking,Love, Insight(Knowledge), Needlessness(Richness), Perplexity, Poverty & Annihilation.