An Investigation of the Effects of the Manifestation of Beauty and Glory Attributes of GOD on the Mystic from the Viewpoint of Roozbehan Baqli

The attributes of God are divided into two categories of Jamal (Beauty) and Jalal (Glory), which include God's Grace and Wrath, respectively. The manifestation of each of these attributes in the mystic's heart creates traces in his mind, speech, and behavior. This article deals with the explanation of these traces in the mystic and their significance, hierarchy and order, their preconditions and results, and terminologies used in relation to each of them in the writings of Roozbehan Baqli. The purpose of this article is to help the reader understand the mystical disposition of the great sixth century mystic Roozbehan Baqli. In this research, library data collection method and descriptive-analytical method were used. Providing Ruzbahan's definitions and analysis of Fear and Hope, Contraction and Expansion, Awe and Accustom, the expression of hierarchy and their order, the terminologies that Roozhbehan brought about with these states and positions, and the importance of each of these to him are some innovations in this research. In the viewpoint of this great mystic, Fear is necessary at the beginning of the path for the mystic, but then he can achieve God at the Hope stage. Roozhbehan states that the Contraction and Expansion are steps after Fear and Hope, and Awe and Accustom come after the Contraction and Expansion. He divides the Contraction into three types, and states that Accustom is the mystic's position at the stage of observing Beauty. Terminologies used by Roozbehan about Glory attributes are Wrath, Fear, Contraction, Awe, and Eternity (without beginning); and attributes of Beauty are Grace, Hope, Expansion, Accustom, Eternity (without end), Observation, and Love.