The place of honesty in Suhrawardi political thought

The purpose of this article is to discover, understand and explain the connection between honesty and politics in the political thought of the Enlightenment. For this reason, the question has been addressed: what is the relationship between honesty and politics in Sheikh Ishraq's thought? Using a descriptive-analytical method, the relationship between honesty and politics in Sheikh Ishraq's political thought has been explained. In fact, research should be considered as one of the fundamental researches that explores, understands, describes and analyzes the state of honesty in Enlightenment political thought. Understanding how the phenomenon is studied is the basic goal of the descriptive-analytical method that is followed in this article in Suhrawardi's works and the description of his attitude towards honesty in politics. Suhrawardi should be considered the initiator of the crystallization of moral politics based on honesty arising from political mysticism. In fact, he believes that there is a similarity between honesty and politics. Sheikh Shahid draws morality based on honesty from within the realm of politics and society. Suhrawardi theorizes the presence of honesty in politics as a ruler and builds his utopia in the continuous continuity of honesty and politics, at individual, political and social levels