Mystical and theological views of Sheikh Abdul Haq Mohaddith Dehlavi in Meftah al-Futuh

Miftah al-Fotuh is one of the most important works of Sheikh Abd al-Haqq ibn Saif al-Din ibn Sachr('39')dullah Turk Bukhari Dehlavi (1551-1642), nicknamed the Dehlavi narrator, hadith scholar, researcher, historian and mystic of the Indian subcontinent in the late tenth lunar century. This book, which is still available in manuscript form, contains seventy-eight articles containing ascetic-mystical sermons and sermons, which, as a prism, show the way and method of Qaderieh. The sayings, writings and anecdotes of many great men and mystics can be seen in this book. Other features of this work include the translation and interpretation of verses and hadiths, the definition of terms and concepts, and the decipherment of mystical issues. The basic issues of this book are: the principles of Sufism, spiritual death, closeness to God, discovery and observation, the soul and its condition, fear and hope, trust and its authorities, annihilation and survival, etc. This research, which has been done by library documentary method, while expressing the views of some mystics, explains and examines the mystical and theological thoughts of the Dehlavi narrator based on Ghaderiehchr('39')s thoughts.