Mystical knowledge in  Ayn al-Qudāt Hamadānī's opinions

The mystical knowledge that ‘Ayn al-Qudāt propounds does not seem much different from other mystic’s point of view, but it might have been for the first time presented in a compiled form by him. Hence, the fundamental question in this research is: what is mystical knowledge in ‘Ayn al-Qudāt’s point of view and how this mystical knowledge is discerned from scientific knowledge? How can we find it? How epistemological value of each human perception is determined in mystical knowledge in his point of view? In all his works, ‘Ayn al-Qudāt attempts to explain true (mystical) knowledge and discern it from other human knowledge. He tries to avoid mistaking them with each other so that the seeker does not sink into exoteric knowledge, but he always concerns about moving toward the true knowledge. In his opinion, mystical knowledge is not the result of rational thinking or reasoning, but it is arisen from the nature of that knowledge itself which human being can only find it through disclosure, intuition, and revelation.