The Divine Vision in the Mystical Thoughts of Rūzbihān Baqlī and Meister Eckhart

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1 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد، گروه ادیان و عرفان، دانشکدۀ الهیات و معارف اسلامی، دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان، تبریز، ایران.

2 استادیار، گروه ادیان و عرفان، دانشکده الهیات و معارف اسلامی، دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان، تبریز، ایران.

3 دانشیار، گروه ادیان و عرفان، دانشکدۀ الهیات و معارف اسلامی، دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان، تبریز، ایران.

10.22108/coth.2026.147849.2088

چکیده

The principle and possibility of the “vision of God” represent one of the most significant debates in theology and comparative mysticism.Owing to the soteriological implications of this issue, Muslim and Christian thinkers, like other major religious scholars, have examined it as a fundamental concern within their reflections. Employing an analytical–comparative approach, the present study seeks to examine the mystical perspectives of Rūzbihān Baqlī and Meister Eckhart on the Divine Vision, to identify a shared ground between Islamic and Christian mysticism and discern an aspect of the objective reality.Research findings indicate Rūzbihān perceives the Divine Vision as a personified, determined event replete with visual metaphors, emerging from the heart of love, unveiling, and intermingling.Divine manifestation in forms such as the spiritual master, the red rose, beautiful Turks, or the lion reflects the deep connection between vision and the erotic-divine incarnation within the realm of the imagination.Conversely, Eckhart understands it as the experience of union with God—an immediate, abstract, and imageless encounter transcending all forms and representations, and facilitating the “birth of God in the soul” through silence and annihilation.In both perspectives, vision is an inward intuition different in form, language, and ontological foundation.This study further demonstrates that both mystics emphasize inner experience and the purification of the self, regarding vision as a mode of divine presence within the wayfarer. While Rūzbihān portrays the Vision as a dynamic, amorous, and pluralistic process manifested through sensible and aesthetic forms, Eckhart characterizes it as an apophatic, abstract experience free from any form or determination.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

The Divine Vision in the Mystical Thoughts of Rūzbihān Baqlī and Meister Eckhart

نویسندگان [English]

  • Sajjad golizadeh 1
  • Somayeh Khademi 2
  • Sajad Dehghanzadeh 3
1 Department of Religions and Mysticism, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Religions and Mysticism, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
3 Associate Professor, Department of Religions and Mysticism, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University.
چکیده [English]

The principle and possibility of the “vision of God” represent one of the most significant debates in theology and comparative mysticism.Owing to the soteriological implications of this issue, Muslim and Christian thinkers, like other major religious scholars, have examined it as a fundamental concern within their reflections. Employing an analytical–comparative approach, the present study seeks to examine the mystical perspectives of Rūzbihān Baqlī and Meister Eckhart on the Divine Vision, to identify a shared ground between Islamic and Christian mysticism and discern an aspect of the objective reality.Research findings indicate Rūzbihān perceives the Divine Vision as a personified, determined event replete with visual metaphors, emerging from the heart of love, unveiling, and intermingling.Divine manifestation in forms such as the spiritual master, the red rose, beautiful Turks, or the lion reflects the deep connection between vision and the erotic-divine incarnation within the realm of the imagination.Conversely, Eckhart understands it as the experience of union with God—an immediate, abstract, and imageless encounter transcending all forms and representations, and facilitating the “birth of God in the soul” through silence and annihilation.In both perspectives, vision is an inward intuition different in form, language, and ontological foundation.This study further demonstrates that both mystics emphasize inner experience and the purification of the self, regarding vision as a mode of divine presence within the wayfarer. While Rūzbihān portrays the Vision as a dynamic, amorous, and pluralistic process manifested through sensible and aesthetic forms, Eckhart characterizes it as an apophatic, abstract experience free from any form or determination.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Revelation
  • Mystical Unveiling
  • Divine Vision
  • Rūzbihān Baqlī
  • Meister Eckhart
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