Gnostic Thoughts of Sanâie Concerning Prayer (Focusing on Haghighatolhaghighat)

Worship is intrinsic and natural for human. One form of worship is prayer that each person may have a different idea about it. Thus, prayers are of three kinds: devoutly, austerely and mystically. Devoutly prayers are accompanied with material concerns and austerely prayers are accompanied with fear and worry. But, mystically prayers are love-oriented and, because of this, they are intrinsically acceptable. In such prayer, the person who prays does not expect his needs are satisfied but, instead, he enjoys the permission of dialogue which has been given to him by the Beloved. In this article, first of all, the necessity of prayers, invocation of God and degree of prayers are discussed. Then, Gnostic thoughts of Sanâie like the relationship between prayer and satisfaction, rejection of material requests and the conditions for granting of prayer and the secrets of its not granting are discussed. Finally, it can be concluded that the climax of Sanâie pleasure and ecstasy can be observed in various stages of his Gnostic prayers