ABSTRACT
Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani claimed the idea of the equidistance of all things from their ultimate ontological Source in terms of knowledge to be his own. This understanding of God's proximity reflects the Koranic verse which states that God is with man wherever he is, but the practical reality is that man is negligent and he forgets this "withness," so he must strive to acquire such knowledge and once attained, keep it in mind constantly. By Aziz Nasafi's era, the idea of "withness" expressed in terms of knowledge had become common in Sufi circles. Nasafi expresses the importance of the 'Ulama' in society. For those who have not had any kind of mystical experience, it may be difficult to comprehend Nasafi's epistemological discussion of mystical experience because it transcends the logical and rational processes of acquiring knowledge which are based on sense perception and the intellect.
