Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

A Critique on the Book “the Dictionary of Sufism and Mysticism”

Document Type : Research

Author

Mohammad Reza Movahedi

Associate Professor, Qom University, Qom, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2023.39893.2502
Abstract
The article is a critique of the book "Dictionary of Sufism and Mysticism" by Dr. Mohammad Estelami, which has been prepared in two volumes. After expressing the good aspects of the book, some of the formal and content weaknesses of the book have been enumerated. Some of the most important weaknesses are: not mentioning the names of many earlier and later works in the research background of this work. It was necessary to provide a relatively comprehensive definition of the idiomatic meaning of the words; for example, in this dictionary, the word "water" or "dream" is considered a mystical term, although the author in the entry "water" in eight lines only says the same thing: water alone does not have a Sufi and mystical meaning. The choice of entries has an unfavorable preference for terms or concepts. Also, many mystical interpretations have been explained mainly based on the views of Rumi and Hafez Shirazi. In this critique, we have tried from three axes: the style and arrangement of the book; content and explanatory contents, and the type of sources and their learning should be seen in the present dictionary.

Keywords

Dictionary of Sufism
Mystical Terms
Mystical interpretation
Critique of the Dictionary
Entry Selection

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 01 October 2022
  • Revise Date 15 December 2022
  • Accept Date 28 January 2023

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