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The Impact of Mysticism… V. Solano-Urrutia et al (141
imperialism, self-love, worldly Theoretical Foundations and
passions, and moral slavery. Research Background
The fusion of mysticism In the Islamic tradition,
and politics inspired a social mysticism could be defined as
awakening that sought to interior knowledge and awakening
establish a divine order in the experience. Some philosophers,
governance of the Islamic especially from the Persian
Republic of Iran. context, have used the term
Imam Khomeini’s life and Ahl-e Ma’rifa to refer to the
legacy were devoted to people of (mystical)
fulfilling these individual and knowledge as the seekers on
collective dimensions of this path. (Amoli, 2010)
spiritual journeys, and the This knowledge, which
Islamic Revolution was the may appear concealed to most
pinnacle of such aim. people, also refers to a
Based on this, this article knowledge of the Holy
will point to establishing the Essence and its Names,
connections between the Attributes, and Manifestations.
dimensions of politics and (Ali & Mustafa, 2023: 109)
mysticism, arguing whether On the other hand, during
the Islamic Revolution can be the 16th Century, Mulla
analyzed through its spiritual Sadra, one of the most
undertone, and asking what important Muslim philosophers
impacts this element had on of all times, wrote The
the institutions of the Islamic Transcendent Theosophy in
Republic. the Four Journeys of the
Intellect, a dense treatise
