Principles of Islamic Theoretical Mysticism Stories something from before they were

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to avoid the confusion which other historians and critics had fallen into while judging the Shi`ah and Shi`ism

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Principles of Islamic Theoretical Mysticism Stories something from before they wereMysticism ('lrfn in Arabic), which etymologically means a kind of knowledge and perception, can be defined technically as a kind of immediate knowledge and understanding beyond the senses or reason which facilitates the process of overcoming the obstacles and lifting the veils of the heart through a kind of spiritual wayfaring or attraction, and in this way the mystic understands the inner truth, the hidden and the true unity that is hidden behind