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Hojviri wrote his book Kashf al-Mahjub under the influence of sectarian and social developments and challenges in society and on the basis of his intellectual and religious backgrounds. Following an epistemological approach this article attempts to discuss his views on monotheism and some related issues, such as divine essence, attributes and vision. Moreover, epistemological analysis of Hojviri’s views on monotheism besides showing his opinion on the different levels of monotheism reveals his views on the on the effect of human knowledge on monotheism. It is also understood that he believes in the subsistence of the essence and he ascribes changing to attributes. In his opinion attributes are not self-dependent; as a result he believes that the attributes of God are dependent on His essence, both being ancient. This article not only shows that there is an epistemological relationship between monotheism and divine vision, it also explains that in the viewpoint of Hojviri the high level of vision leads to faith and divine unity.

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Teaching monotheistic topics and trying to understand the ambiguous concepts of epistemology have always been the concern of thinkers. Despite the commonalities in monotheistic teachings, access to rich concepts is not possible for everyone, and there may be contradictions in the understanding of meanings. Hadiqah al-Haqiqah and Masnavi are among the instructive texts that have used figures of speech to express monotheistic concepts. In this article, the teaching style of Sanai and Rumi based on the method of using Monotheistic Images and Corbin’s hermeneutics approach is studied.  The monotheistic language of Masnavi and Hadiqah al-Haqiqah is almost the same. Sanai has expressed monotheism in a general way and at a high level, while Rumi has gone into more details about monotheistic concepts. Hadiqah al-Haqiqah images are mostly designed on the horizontal axis, whereas in Rumi’s Masnavi, many images can also be found on the vertical axis. Rumi has sometimes used Sanai symbols and in many cases has taught monotheistic concepts with completely innovative symbols. The monotheistic images of both mystics are a combination of philosophical teachings and mystical intuitive symbols in Corbin’s hermeneutics. Benefitting from the graphic form of the letters (alphabetical symbolism) and the metaphor of the letters are common to both works.