A Study of the position of unity of existence among Islamic religious mystics and the reason for the opposition of jurists and theologians to this theory

The unity of existence is the most central topic in the mystical thought of the great Islamic mystics and one of the most controversial issues in the history of Islamic philosophy and mysticism even among Western researchers. Almost all other issues of mysticism are related to this issue in some way. The unity of existence is a thought, but the unity of intuition is a personal experience that can pave the way to understanding the unity of existence. The issue of monotheism as addressed by mystic thinkers is so complex and hard to cope with that scientists from philosophy and Kalam have failed to grasp it. Therefore, they have denied and even excommunicated its followers. In this article, after dealing with the concepts of the unity of existence and intuition and presenting a brief outline of the unity of personality, three wrong conceptions of this theory have been presented. In the following, an attempt has been made to present a correct and understandable view of this theory by presenting the correct mystical interpretation of it with reference Sadra's philosophy and the three virtues, and by clarifying the reasons why jurists and theologians oppose it.