Ma`rifat

Explaining the principles and methods of mystical education in the Ghazali school of education this study was conducted. In order to achieve the research goal, three methods of document analysis, data base method and Franken's practical inference were used in this qualitative research. The findings of the research showed that mystical education in the Ghazali school is the inner movement of the teacher in the direction of attaining closeness to God. In this movement, the teacher, relying on the existential capacities and in the direction of change in the worldview, needs to follow a path that is based on the foundations and principles and methods derived from Islam and the Sunna. In this research, three bases, five principles and fourteen educational methods were deduced. The first basis is awakening and knowledge. The first principle related to this basis is to eliminate neglect, and the methods related to this principle are reliance on a mentor and self-discovery. The second principle is related to the first principle, inner transformation, and the methods related to this principle are the method of repentance, abstinence and patience. The second basis is stability and maintenance of conditions. The principle that governs this basis is self-vigilance, and the six methods that govern this principle are masharata, meditation, calculation, mu’aqabah, mujahidah and muatabah. The third basis is godliness. The first principle that governs this basis is love, and the methods that govern this principle are contemplation, solitude, ecstasy, and hearing. The second principle that governs this basis is godliness and seeking knowledge, and the method that governs this principle is secrecy.