A Reflection over the Scope of Women's Position of Divine Succession with Reliance on the Quranic Verses and Muslim Mystics' Standpoint

The idea of divine succession is among the obscure and debatable issues in the field of the Quranic Science, Islamic scholastic theology (Kalam), and mysticism. The only verse in the Quran that clearly and absolutely raise the issue of divine succession is the verse 03 titled Baqarah Sura. Nevertheless, the importance of this position is to the extent that as if the disclosure of prophets and divine reference books was thoroughly directed towards breeding divine succession. Generally speaking, the research conducted by scientists in association with 'divine succession' revolve around issues such as interpretation of the succession verse, relationship between divine succession and perfect man, and scope of succession. Thus, this paper endeavors to reflect upon the scope of divine succession through divine verses, and at the same time, try to criticize the perspectives of some Muslim mystics respectively. Another objective of the main purpose is a skim through some components that according to the personality traits of women may expand her divine succession. "Motherhood" and "selflessness" are effective components to expand the scope of women's divine succession which brings about a rather distinct route for women than men. On the one hand, the study of mystical works exposes us with two different viewpoints in terms of the scope of divine succession for women. Some mystics believe that difference in creation of women restricts the scope of divine succession for women than men, while some others assume it to be something related to the soul of human being believing that men and women have no differences to achieve higher positions respectively.