Mystical epistemology with emphasis on Sahrurdi Aref's views

Mystical epistemology is in intuitive knowledge that deals with the heart and there is no sense and intellect in it. From the point of view of mystics, this cognition is not obtained through the external senses or argumentative processes, but it is a knowledge resulting from discovery and intuition, as a result of which the inner universe can be understood. The aim of the present study is to examine mystical epistemology from the perspective of Sheikh Shahabuddin Omar Sahrurdi, a mystic of the seventh century AH, which has been conducted by descriptive-analytical method. According to Sahrurdi, one of the types of knowledge, which includes sensory, intellectual, innate and heart knowledge, the place of knowledge is the heart, and with the heart knowledge, true cognition can be achieved. Like other mystics, while confirming the sense and intellect in acquiring knowledge, he does not consider these two to be sufficient to achieve the knowledge of God and gives originality to the knowledge of heart. In the path of knowledge, which is gradual, man goes through different stages and does not enter the next stage until he passes a stage.