the tradition attributed to the prophet that he said: «» (verily god created adam in his visage) is one of the bases of sufis ideology and ibn arab? (ab? 'abdill?h muhammad ibn 'al? ibn muhammad ibn `arab?), the founder of theoretical sufism (irfan nazari), often refers to it in his works. in his most famous work named: the al - fut?h?t al-makkiyyah, he attempts to show the correlatio...

in his recognition of being and achievement of truth, man has two instruments in his constitution and two ways before him: intellect and heart; reasoning and intuition. some have opted the way of reasoning and underestimated intuition because of its lack of reasoning, and some have preferred intuition over reasoning because of its being presential (intuitive). with their research on philosophy ...

one of the fundamental problems of theoretical mysticism is how to explain the difference between god and the world on the basis of the idea of wahdat al-wujud (the unity of existence). following the explanation of certain necessary premises, this paper presents the theory of divine manifestation as one that can explain and analyze multiplicity. in this article we especially seek to solidify th...

the present paper aims at clarifying the role of the concept “walåyah” in the philosophy of the unity of being in islamic philosophy (waedat al-wujid). the concept “walåyah” is deeply built into the philosophic system of the islamic theory of being, and moreover the dynamic aspect of this concept has always activated islamic philosophy of existence and stimulated the thought of islamic philosop...