The Point of Reality and the Circle of Appearance: The Sufi Philosophy of Maḥmūd Shabistarī’s Gulshan-i rāz through the Lens of Shams al-Dīn Lāhījī’s Mafātīḥ al-iʿjāz
Abstract This article explains three major Sufi themes of Maḥmūd Shabistarī’s Gulshan-i rāz as connected by the point-circle metaphor that captures the illusory state of a circle formed by the fast motion of a point. Inspired by Ibn ʿArabī, Shabistarī employs this metaphor in his poetic presentation...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Journal of Sufi studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 30-51 |
Further subjects: | B
Akbarian Sufism
B point (nuqṭa) B walāya) / prophethood / sainthood (nubuwwa B circle (dāʾira) B bāṭin) / esoteric / exoteric (ẓāhir B unity (waḥda) B fancy (wahm) |
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