Identifying and studying the different Kinds of sources containing Karamats

In Islamic mysticism, karamat (supernatural deeds) is one of the common terms which has been put forward in many of mystical texts since the far past. Also, this term is discussed in Persian literature, hence it is necessary to consider the issues concerning it. To do this, we need some basic elements such as studying the sources. In the present article, after considering the kinds of mystical texts belonging to different periods, we categorize them in three groups. The first group is the texts that discuss mainly about ‘theoretical issues’ of karamat. The second group belongs to texts that speak about karamat (supernatural deeds) of ‘some’ major mystics. And finally, the third group is speaking about the karamat of ‘only one’ major mystic.