Perfect Man; the Mystical and Anthropological Principles of Pluralism

Today, the legitimacy or illegitimacy of religions represents one of the challenging issues to which theologian's thoughts have assigned primary importance. Three main view are expressed in this respect: monopolisticism, universalism and religious pluralism. Pluralists largely rely on the statements of mystics to support their view and believe that mystics think as they do. Furthermore, mystic's thought about this point is derived from special principles which require to be examined; otherwise the discussion cannot be formal. Investigating the mystical anthropological principle and the question of perfect man, the paper seeks to make explicit the unique ontological and epistemological status which, mystics say, the Prophet (pbuh) and so, this, in their view, proves the superiority of Islam, which, they regard as a manifestation of the best ever discovery for creatures.