Sufism contra Shariah? Shāh Walī Allāh’s Metaphysics of Waḥdat al-Wujūd
This study analyzes the contested relationship between Sufism and the Shariah and Shāh Walī Allāh’s problematic of waḥdat al-wujūd. Some Sufis describe Sufism or taṣawwuf as the inner reality of the Shariah while others see it as the inward dimension of Islam. Drawing on a variety of classical sourc...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of Sufi studies
Jahr: 2016, Band: 5, Heft: 1, Seiten: 27-57 |
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al-wujūd al-munbasiṭ
cosmos
multiplicity
Shāh Walī Allāh
Shariah
Sufism
waḥdat al-wujūd
wujūd
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| Zusammenfassung: | This study analyzes the contested relationship between Sufism and the Shariah and Shāh Walī Allāh’s problematic of waḥdat al-wujūd. Some Sufis describe Sufism or taṣawwuf as the inner reality of the Shariah while others see it as the inward dimension of Islam. Drawing on a variety of classical sources, Walī Allāh stresses that accepting waḥdat al-wujūd does not mean one is being less faithful to the tenets of the Shariah, as it safeguards God’s transcendence vis-à-vis the world. Walī Allāh belabors to clarify various misconceptions that bedevil it. His views on waḥdat al-wujūd are largely in alignment with that of the school of Ibn ʿArabī, although he seems to add new dimensions to it at times. He also asserts that a Sufi sage’s (ḥakīm) understanding of the term differs from that of the uninitiate. In addition, he affirms that waḥdat al-wujūd does not negate the multiplicity of the cosmos, even though wujūd is one. |
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| ISSN: | 2210-5956 |
| Enthält: | In: Journal of Sufi studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105956-12341282 |