A Glance at the Two Mystical Terms "Exterior" and "Interior" in the Works of Nasir Khusraw and Azizuddin Nasafi

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Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Safadasht Branch, Tehran, Iran

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The interpretive approach is one of the principles of mystical literature in understanding abstract phenomena. "Appearance" and "Batin" are very important as two fundamental principles in Sharia and Sufism. Interpretationalism is one of the characteristics of Ismailia, and Naser Khosrow, as the preacher of this faith, emphasizes this issue and considers Sharia and religious teachings to be both external and internal. As a mystic and an innovative theorist, Azizuddin Nasfi has used a mixture of philosophy and mystical intuition in the matter of interpretation. The present article was written based on the importance of these two terms and with the aim of explaining the religious and mystical attitudes to "exterior" and "interior" according to Nasir Khusraw and Azizuddin Nasfi, and while examining examples of the works of these two, it makes statements, even though according to Nasir Khusraw, the inner is defined in the first place. It precedes the appearance, and according to Nasfi, the exterior and interior have no meaning without each other, and sometimes the appearance becomes more important because it is a template for the inside. They are right.

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