Comparison of Mystical Journey of Maqāmah in Islamic Mysticism and Taoism

Mystical journey is the movement from the point of origin to the destination. In mystical behavior (journey), the destination and end point is annihilation in monotheism. Mystical journey, which is a spiritual and heartfelt one to reach the essence of spiritual perfection, is depicted in mystical thoughts in the form of Maqāmah. The method of this article is descriptive – analytical and comparative the library resources of mystical behavior in Islamic mysticism and Taoism are applied and discussed comparatively to answer the question: “what are commonalities and differences in the structure of Maqāmah in Islamic mysticism and Taoist mysticism? The findings show that in both Islamic mysticism, Sufism, and Taoist mysticism, the wayfarer has achieved intuition, knowledge, and awareness by leaving behind the stages and Maqāmah of cultivating sensual contaminants, and finally reaches conciousness in mystical poverty and annihilation and its equivalent in Taoism, in the enlightenment and intuition of the Tao. The main differences are the Shari'a-oriented viewpoint of the Muslim wayfarer who seeks worship and gain the pleasure of his Lord by emphasizing the kindness. since mystic journey of Taoism lacks such concepts.