Narrative Reveled Morality as “Scale” for Mystical Morality
Subject Areas : اخلاق و تربیت اسلامی
1 - Assistant Professor of Tehran University
Keywords: Narrative morality, Mystical morality, Scale of the law.,
Abstract :
It is one of the most important features and advantages for the approach of "narrative morality” that it is the Scale for "mystical morality" and not the reverse. This research has investigated the aspects of this issue by an analytical-documentary method. The reveled morality school has presented its standards in two forms: "moral teachings" and "perfect human person". In a broad view, the school of mystical morality, in general, is aligned with the standards of revealed morality. So, the view of those who have gone to extremes in this field, have ignored the external aspect of religion or, on the other hand, have denied the inner dimension of Sharia and mystical stages is not acceptable. But in a detailed view, some issues which raised in mystical morality are not in harmony with the scales and standards of revealed ethics, so, have always been criticized and denied by true mystics. It is quite clear that the issues such as pederasty or libertinism is far from the scale of the law. Exaggeration in the method of people of blame also leads to departure from scale of the law. Some monastic tendencies such as leaving marriage, staying away from the community, excessive in exhausting worship, seclusion, starving, as well as other non-based-on-law- ascetic practices are among other behaviors that are far from the scale of the law. They although have been proposed by some, but, has always been criticized in authentic Islamic mysticism.