University of Qom Journal of Philosophical Theological Research 1735-9791 18 1 2016 11 21 The Analysis and Criticism of Mystical Justifications of Asking For Divine Pardon by Holy Prophet, with Emphasis on the Tradition of "Layoghan (Darkness or Veil)" The Analysis and Criticism of Mystical Justifications of Asking For Divine Pardon by Holy Prophet, with Emphasis on the Tradition of "Layoghan (Darkness or Veil)" 117 143 623 10.22091/pfk.2016.623 FA Kavus Roohi Barandagh Assistant professor of department of sciences of the Quran and Hadith, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, 0000-0003-3474-0421 Journal Article 2014 12 03 The tradition of <em>"Layoghan</em>" is an example of religious text whose exoteric and literal meaning contradicts with Holy Prophet's moral and mystical state. It is cited in Shia and Sunny hadith collections and reads as: "<em>every day a veil covers my hearth like a cloud, thus I ask for divine pardon seventy times every day</em>". Gathering, analyzing, studying the approaches and evaluating different kinds of moral and mystical solutions for the contradiction between Holy Prophet's asking for divine pardon and his moral and mystical state, the present paper validates different possibilities in this regard and comes to conclusion that there could be only two proper justifications for Holy Prophet's asking for divine pardon, among twenty three mystical solution: interpreting the hadith as asking for divine pardon from the state lower than the state of Oneness, which is specific to the Holy Prophet; and interpreting it as the ability and endurance in the state of Oneness and consistency in it. These two solutions are not only in harmony with Holy Prophet's infallibility but also with states higher that the infallibility, which is the condition for prophecy. The tradition of <em>"Layoghan</em>" is an example of religious text whose exoteric and literal meaning contradicts with Holy Prophet's moral and mystical state. It is cited in Shia and Sunny hadith collections and reads as: "<em>every day a veil covers my hearth like a cloud, thus I ask for divine pardon seventy times every day</em>". Gathering, analyzing, studying the approaches and evaluating different kinds of moral and mystical solutions for the contradiction between Holy Prophet's asking for divine pardon and his moral and mystical state, the present paper validates different possibilities in this regard and comes to conclusion that there could be only two proper justifications for Holy Prophet's asking for divine pardon, among twenty three mystical solution: interpreting the hadith as asking for divine pardon from the state lower than the state of Oneness, which is specific to the Holy Prophet; and interpreting it as the ability and endurance in the state of Oneness and consistency in it. These two solutions are not only in harmony with Holy Prophet's infallibility but also with states higher that the infallibility, which is the condition for prophecy. https://pfk.qom.ac.ir/article_623_53c3b09cc6149afeb450cf852ca29b97.pdf