Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 15، number In Volume 9، December 2022 ، issue Number 79

Investigating the common intellectual style in the experience of Out of body in mystical texts

Nazleh Khojasteh Ahari , Ali Ramezani (Author in Charge), Narges Asghari Govar

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Out of body (departure of the soul from the body) is one of the important issues in Islamic mysticism that mystics have discussed with the belief in the incorporeity. In this article, with the aim of examining the common intellectual style of mystics in believing the Out of body, the interpretations and allegories of Out of body, its conditions, requirements and examples in the texts of mystical order and prose have been studied.

METHODOLOGY: Data collection was done by note-taking method with a general review of mystical texts in a library and the article was written in a descriptive manner by selecting a sample of outstanding works of mystical texts.

FINDINGS: There is a belief in the Out of body in mystical works. Mystics believe that some saints reach a level of behavior where the body becomes like a garment for them and the soul can bring it out. They have also repeated the interpretation of the bird and the cage that the soul is released from the cage of the body like a bird. God"s love, austerity, abandonment of material belongings, asceticism and self-cultivation are the conditions and necessities of Out of body. Out of body is different from voluntary death, but the mystic who have reached voluntary death are easier to Out of body. The dignity of mystics is an example of Out of body that is repeated in mystical texts.

CONCLUSION: Out of body in Islamic mysticism has been a common thought and common thought style of mystics in different periods. Their constant effort is to acquaint the soul with the Alawite world, which is caught by the descent into the material world and is in opposition to the body. Because he belongs to another world and is single, sometimes the human soul leaves the body to connect with the Alawite world or revelation, dignity and mystical experience.

Keyword
intellectual style , Islamic mysticism , dismemberment , austerity , voluntary death , dignity

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