Theological foundations of Sharhe al-Ta arrof (The Challenge between Asharites and Matoridites)

Mostamli’s "Sharhe al-Ta’arrof" is one of the first Sufia mystical works in Persian literature. Its theological dimension overshadows the mystical one. Despite the high position of this work among the important Sufi texts, its basis dogmas and theological aspects has not been yet investigated fully and considerably.
In this paper, we have shown that the author's Theological perspective and his Method of reasoning, contrary to prima faci, are not conformed to the foundations and beliefs of Asharites. A variety of textual texts, reflections on the geography of the book and dominance of the belief in the theological foundations and the theological views of Matoridites, among the Transoxiana's scholars, confirm that in the compilation of his book, Mostamli, in spite of being an independent author, has been influenced more from Matoridites than Ash’arites.