"The Knight of Faith" in Attar Neishabouri and Soren Kierkegaard's View

The extent and quality of religiosity and belief in faith has always been a controversial issue discussed in monotheistic religions. For instance how does the truth of religion manifest within the inner and outer appearance of a follower's life? And what are the circumstances for the comprehension of religion's essence and approaching the highest ranks of faith? The divine religions offer recognizable patterns which can be followed for answering such questions. All the truth of any certain religion has become concretely materialized through the existence of such patterns and the highest expectations of religious legislator has been manifested through their personality, temperament, words and deeds. Based on this religious discipline, superior examples entitled as "knight of Faith" have been created in philosophy and mystical literature. Attar Neishabouri finds his "knight of faith" in the historical and most controversial character known as "Mansoor Halaj" on one hand and literary figures such as Sheikh Son'an and Oghala Majanin on the other hand. On the opposite side, Soren Kierkegaard, the existentialist philosopher and Christian theologian, cl aims Abraham to be the vivid instance and concrete example of "knight of faith". These two scholars are closely attached because of their shared belief in approaching the threshold of real faith and conditions for earning the rank of the knight. In their views, "forbearing major issues which cause attachment" is the sole and exclusive condition for approaching the high and lofty rank of faith. Such issues are intermingled with a person's individuality, identity and nature and their abandonment equals with self negation. This study surveys the shared thoughts of these two intellectuals through a comparative and interpretative approach.