A New Way of Proving the Content of Personal Unity of Existence

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Vahid Vahed Javan ¹ , Ali Ghasemi ² , Sajad Nikkhoo ³

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Received: 2020-10-05 Accepted : 2020-10-05 Published : 2020-09-22

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Abstract :

Mystics have attempted to prove the theory of "unity of existence" (waḥdat al-wujūd), which is the basis of mysticism, and they have presented various reasons. This paper seeks to elaborate on the meaning and content of the unity of existence in mysticism in order to represent a new method in proving the theory of the unity of existence according to the mystics' evidence. This research includes five steps to demonstrate all the content of the personal unity of existence: 1.Absolute existence is absolutely a part of the external realization 2.Existence is necessary by itself 3.Existence is necessary by itself, unit, not pluralistic and doubtful 4.The existence of creatures is not real 5.Creatures are the multiplicities, attributes, things, emersion, and indications of the real existence.   In addition, for each one, an argument has been stated and after summarizing, all the content of the unity of existence has been proved.