Spiritual Exercise regarding to the interpretation ofByan al-Sa'adah

The topic of mystical journey has occupied a special placein works of Sufis. Sultan Mohammad GonabadiSoltan-Ali-shah - the first pole of Gonabadi dynasty - in his works and particularly in the book “Bayan-o-Al-saadeh”, which is engaged to interpretation of Quran’s verses, dealt with description of this topic. To familiarize with the view of this Shiite Mystic of fourteenth century, this paper seeks to analyses his thoughts about this topic. The stages of spiritual journey, the qualifications which the seeker experiences at each stage, the conditions circumstances of spiritual journey are the issues which are responded in this paper. Sultan Mohammad Gonabadi believed in four Spiritual Journeys and observed guidance by masters, adherence to Sharia, thought and the Rosary as the circumstances of spiritual journey. From his point of view, achieving to God (or being in unity with God) and accepting the patronage of God are the extremity of mystical journey.