Wahdat al-wujud

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Islamic philosophical concept Sufi metaphysical doctrine doctrine of divine unity

Wahdat al-wujud is a Sufi metaphysical doctrine that posits the ultimate unity of all existence in the single, absolute reality of God.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wahdat al-wujud canonical 2
primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud) 1
wahdat al-wujud 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosophical concept ⓘ
Sufi metaphysical doctrine ⓘ
doctrine of divine unity ⓘ
associatedWith Abd al-Karim al-Jili ⓘ
Dawud al-Qaysari ⓘ
Ibn Arabi ⓘ
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ⓘ
Basra school of early Sufism ⓘ
surface form: School of Ibn Arabi
contrastedWith Wahdat al-shuhud ⓘ
coreIdea God is the only true being and all else is dependent being ⓘ
all contingent beings are manifestations of the one Real (al-Haqq) ⓘ
multiplicity of the world is an appearance of the one reality ⓘ
only God possesses true, independent existence ⓘ
ultimate unity of all existence in the single absolute reality of God ⓘ
criticizedBy Ahmad Sirhindi ⓘ
Ibn Taymiyyah ⓘ
surface form: Ibn Taymiyya

some Sunni theologians ⓘ
developedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
doctrineAbout divine immanence and transcendence ⓘ
nature of existence ⓘ
relationship between God and creation ⓘ
emphasizes God as al-Haqq (the Real) ⓘ
contingency of created things ⓘ
spiritual realization of unity with the divine ⓘ
field Islamic theology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
mystical philosophy ⓘ
hasDebateOn compatibility with orthodox Islamic creed ⓘ
whether it implies pantheism ⓘ
influenced Indian subcontinent Sufi thought ⓘ
Sufi orders ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Sufism

Persian Sufi poetry ⓘ
later Islamic metaphysics ⓘ
influencedBy Hadith literature on divine nearness ⓘ
Neoplatonic ideas ⓘ
Quranic concepts of divine unity ⓘ
languageOfFormulation Arabic ⓘ
literalMeaning oneness of existence ⓘ
unity of being ⓘ
ontologicalClaim God is the necessary being and all else is possible being ⓘ
existence is one in reality but many in manifestation ⓘ
relatedConcept baqa ⓘ
divine names and attributes ⓘ
fana ⓘ
tawhid ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
sometimesInterpretedAs form of monism ⓘ
form of panentheism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ibn Arabi → notableIdea → Wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
Akbariyya → coreDoctrine → Wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
this entity surface form: wahdat al-wujud
Mulla Sadra → notableIdea → Wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
this entity surface form: primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud)
Sachal → philosophicalSchool → Wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
subject surface form: Sachal Sarmast