revelation in the mystical nature of Roozbehan Baqli

Different sciences such as philosophy, al-kalam, theology and mysticism all are seeking a way to achieve divine cognition, but what distinguishes mysticism from the others; is the use of the method of revelation as a tool applied to reach the ultimate mystic purpose. Roozbehan Baqli is a mystic who has detailed his mystical experiences independently in a book called Kashf al-Asrar, so this book is unique in this regard. He emphasizes on fascination and attraction of God more than other mystics and he emphasizes on endeavor less than other mystics. In addition to controversial issues expressed in his Kashf al-Asrar, his point of view about the issue of revelation is also significant. In this article, theoretical foundations and Roozbehan's views on revelation are reviewed. The division of revelation by Ruzbehan into three categories such as revelation if entity, divine attributes and acts and its instances and signs, followed by presentation the topic of perception and its preliminaries and outcomes are one of the most important issues raised in this research. Also, the issue of seeing of God from the point of view of Roozbean is considered and the means of seeing, namely the soul and the self and the situation of seeing each of them are rose.