Sufism and the Perfect Human av Fitzroy Morrissey

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<P>Studying the history of the notion of the ''Perfect Human'' (al-insan al-kamil), this book investigates a key idea in the history of Sufism. First discussed by Ibn ''Arabi and later treated in greater depth by al-Jili, the idea left its mark on later Islamic mystical, metaphysical, and political thought, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, up until modern times.</P><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P>The research tells the story of the development of that idea from Ibn ''Arabi to al-Jili and beyond. It does so through a thematic study, based on close reading of primary sources in Arabic and Persian, of the key elements of the idea, including the idea that the Perfect Human is a locus of divine manifestation (ma?har), the concept of the ''Pole'' (qu?b) and the ''Muhammadan Reality'' (al-?aqiqah al-Muhammadiyyah), and the identity of the Perfect Human. By setting the work of al-Jili against the background of earlier Ibn ''Arabian treatments of the idea, it demonstrates that al-Jili took th