Differences and Similarities of Mystical Approaches to the Story of Prophet Moses (pbuh) in Mystical Texts (5th-7th Century AH)

Mystical writers and poets have addressed the story of the prophets, in particular the story of Prophet Moses (AS) with different mystical approaches, and have used it to lay out the foundations and concepts of mysticism and the teaching of mystical teachings. The purpose of this study is to answer the question of what kind of mystical writers have been dealing with the story of Prophet Moses during the three fifth to seventh centuries. The results of the research show the difference in the view, the level of understanding and the purpose of the mystics in using the story of Prophet Moses. Therefore, the mystical approaches to this story can be summarized in the following three centuries in four devotional, romantic, symbolic and interpretive approaches. It shows that the proponents of mystical texts are from a devotional approach to a romantic, symbolic, and interpretive approach, and in another sense, the advancement of mystic language is changing from phrasal to metaphoric language and from an aesthetic point of view to mystical themes.