Akbariyya

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Akbariyya is a Sufi metaphysical school of thought inspired by the teachings of Ibn Arabi, emphasizing concepts like the unity of being and the inner reality of existence.

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Label Occurrences
Akbariyya canonical 2
Akbarian metaphysical tradition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosophical tradition
Sufi metaphysical school
mystical school of thought
aimsAt realization of inner unity with the Divine
associatedWith Akbarian school
surface form: Akbarian tradition

Ibn Arabi
basedOnTeachingsOf Ibn Arabi
centralTheme manifestation of divine names in the cosmos
Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
surface form: perfect human (al-insan al-kamil)

unity of existence and multiplicity of forms
concerns relationship between Absolute and contingent beings
coreDoctrine Wahdat al-wujud
surface form: wahdat al-wujud
emphasizesConcept inner reality of existence
unity of being
epistemology direct spiritual unveiling (kashf)
gnosis (ma‘rifa)
hasKeyConcept divine self-disclosure (tajalli)
fixed entities (a‘yan thabita)
imaginal world (alam al-mithal)
oneness of being (wahdat al-wujud)
hasKeyFigure Ibn Arabi
hasPhilosophicalFocus metaphysics
mystical theology
ontology
historicalOriginPeriod medieval Islamic era
holdsView all existence is a theophany of the Divine
influencedBy Hadith-based spirituality
Quranic exegesis
influencedIslamicThoughtArea Islamic philosophy
Sufi metaphysics
later Sufi orders
inspiredBy Ibn Arabi
languageOfKeyTexts Arabic
method contemplative insight
esoteric interpretation of scripture
namedAfter Ibn Arabi
surface form: Ibn Arabi (al-Shaykh al-Akbar)
regionOfInfluence Islamic world
Ottoman intellectual tradition
Persianate Sufi culture
religiousContext Islam
religiousTradition Sufism
schoolType Akbarian school
subtraditionOf Sufism
surface form: Islamic mysticism

Sufi thought
teaches divine reality manifests in creation
inner meaning of existence
viewsGodAndWorldRelationAs non-dual in ultimate reality
viewsRealityAs hierarchical levels of being

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Ibn Arabi schoolTradition Akbariyya
Mashahid al-Asrar hasInfluenceOn Akbariyya
this entity surface form: Akbarian metaphysical tradition