The Parable (Fiction) Universe in Mohyeddin Ibn Arabis Mystical School
Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism
Ali i Dinmohammad
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(دبیر آموزش و پرورش منطقه خدابنده)
Farzaneh Hosseini Gheydari
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(دبیر آموزش و پرورش منطقه خدابنده)
Keywords: intermediate universe, apocalypse and intuition, detached fiction, maxim, grave, limbo, mysticism,
Abstract :
As the ancestor of theoretical mysticism, Mohyeddin Ibn Arabi tried his hand on designing the fiction universe after Sohrevardi, during which the mystical principles made an impact upon his sublimed school of mind greatly, so that the theory of philosophy of fiction and the intermediation and abstraction of the world of fiction is of great significance in making up his sublimed school of mind. He believes in the Almighty's own existence as the mere truth and the whole world of phenomena are the formation of both arcs of ascent and descent and the scope of fiction and the absolute divine parable. Ibn Arabi believes that since fiction is a aggregate of antithetical, that is wisdom and materialistic sensations, it is a manifest of a "strong" name of God. He deems the limbo of this world and the next one to be like a distinct line between the sunlight and the shadow. In this paper, the writer has endeavored to draw on the philosophers' and Islamic mystics' ideas, specifically those of Mohyeddin Ibn Arabi, to primarily give a comprehensive definition of the fiction or parable universe and its nature, and then designate the status of this world in mysticism to be as one of the worlds of existence and the reciprocal impact and affect of that against the mystical journey which ends up to apocalypse and intuition. Thirdly, the meaning of some important trainings including separate fiction, limbo, the eighth heaven, resurrection land, etc. are sought and is concluded that 'apocalypse and intuition , meeting prophets and angels and saints, the presence of impeccable soul of imams upon one's death, revelation, and inspiration and ascent of the prophet Mohammad all happen in the detached world of fiction.
