Abstract
Freedom is a concept that mystics, politics, and political philosophers consider with special attention to its nature and identity. In the work of Muslims, an interpretation of freedom and liberty has been repeated several times in its moral-conductive meaning, visible and invisible barriers, and the way of freedom from bondages are represented. In this paper, the researcher firstly introduces types of freedom and shares several definitions of it based on Muslim mystics’ viewpoint. In the second section, he attempts to compare different definitions of freedom with similar concepts and subjects like servitude and Sufism and comments about their relation. In the study, it is shown that freedom is not conflict with servitude or Sufism, but also they have the same meanings. That is to say, words of Muslim mystic prove that achievement to Sufism and real servitude is not possible without achievement to freedom and in dependency; but for most of Mystics there is no relation between freedom and few them that considered liberty as freedom from god’s rules and commands have been criticized theoretically and practically by great Mystics.
Presenters
Maryam BakhtyarKhuzestan, Humanities, Islamic Azad University Ahvaz Branch, Khuzestan, Iran
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Freedom, Mystics, Internal Freedom, External Freedom, Servitude, Sufism
