Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
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Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) is a central Sufi metaphysical concept describing the fully realized human who perfectly reflects the divine attributes and serves as the complete manifestation of God’s reality in creation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) canonical | 1 |
| insan al-kamil | 1 |
| perfect human (al-insan al-kamil) | 1 |
| the Perfect Man as the complete manifestation of divine names | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) Context triple: [Ibn Arabi, notableIdea, Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)]
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Mizab al-Rahmah
Mizab al-Rahmah is the gold-plated rainwater spout on the roof of the Kaaba in Mecca, directing water into the Hijr Ismail area below.
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Bir Hakeim
Bir Hakeim is a remote desert outpost in southeastern Libya, best known as the site of a major World War II battle between Free French forces and the Axis powers in 1942.
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Lisān al-Ghayb
Lisān al-Ghayb is the honorific epithet of the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his perceived mystical insight into the unseen and the divine.
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Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn
Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn is the original Judeo-Arabic philosophical and theological treatise by Maimonides that seeks to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish religious doctrine.
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Sidrat al-Muntaha
Sidrat al-Muntaha is, in Islamic tradition, the cosmic Lote Tree marking the utmost boundary of the heavens where the Prophet Muhammad’s ascension is believed to have culminated.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) Target entity description: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) is a central Sufi metaphysical concept describing the fully realized human who perfectly reflects the divine attributes and serves as the complete manifestation of God’s reality in creation.
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A.
Mizab al-Rahmah
Mizab al-Rahmah is the gold-plated rainwater spout on the roof of the Kaaba in Mecca, directing water into the Hijr Ismail area below.
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B.
Bir Hakeim
Bir Hakeim is a remote desert outpost in southeastern Libya, best known as the site of a major World War II battle between Free French forces and the Axis powers in 1942.
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C.
Lisān al-Ghayb
Lisān al-Ghayb is the honorific epithet of the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his perceived mystical insight into the unseen and the divine.
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D.
Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn
Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn is the original Judeo-Arabic philosophical and theological treatise by Maimonides that seeks to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish religious doctrine.
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E.
Sidrat al-Muntaha
Sidrat al-Muntaha is, in Islamic tradition, the cosmic Lote Tree marking the utmost boundary of the heavens where the Prophet Muhammad’s ascension is believed to have culminated.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic philosophical concept
ⓘ
Sufi metaphysical concept ⓘ |
| aimOf | Sufi spiritual path ⓘ |
| articulatedIn |
Fusus al-Hikam
ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam
Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abd al-Karim al-Jili
ⓘ
Ibn Arabi ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Shia Sufism
ⓘ
surface form:
Akbarian Sufism
Sufism ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
balance of outward and inward dimensions
ⓘ
complete spiritual knowledge (ma'rifa) ⓘ perfect realization of divine names ⓘ perfect servanthood ('ubudiyya) ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
qutb
ⓘ
surface form:
Qutb (spiritual pole)
concept of sainthood (wilaya) ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | ordinary unperfected human ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
human as locus of manifestation (mazhar) of God
ⓘ
human as mirror of divine names and attributes ⓘ synthesis of divine and cosmic realities in the human ⓘ |
| describes |
complete manifestation of divine reality in creation
ⓘ
fully realized human being ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
anthropological doctrine
ⓘ
cosmological doctrine ⓘ ethical ideal ⓘ |
| hasNameInArabic | الإنسان الكامل ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indo-Muslim Sufi traditions
ⓘ
Ottoman Sufi thought ⓘ Persian Sufi metaphysics ⓘ later Sufi anthropology ⓘ |
| keyThemeIn | Ibn Arabi's metaphysics ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Arabic ⓘ |
| linkedToFigure |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| presupposes |
doctrine of divine names
ⓘ
doctrine of manifestation (tajalli) ⓘ unity of being (wahdat al-wujud) ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Muhammadan Reality (al-haqiqa al-muhammadiyya)
ⓘ
universal man ⓘ vicegerency (khilafa) ⓘ |
| roleInCosmos |
axis of the universe
ⓘ
comprehensive being (al-kawn al-jami) ⓘ mediator between God and creation ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic philosophy of religion
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comparative mysticism ⓘ |
| systematicallyExpoundedIn | al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil ⓘ |
| timeOfSystematization | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| translation | Perfect Man ⓘ |
| understoodAs |
archetype of human perfection
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ontological prototype of humanity ⓘ |
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Subject: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) Description of subject: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) is a central Sufi metaphysical concept describing the fully realized human who perfectly reflects the divine attributes and serves as the complete manifestation of God’s reality in creation.
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