Abd al-Karim al-Jili

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Abd al-Karim al-Jili was a prominent 14th–15th century Sufi mystic and philosopher best known for his metaphysical work "Al-Insan al-Kamil" ("The Perfect Man"), which elaborates on and systematizes Ibn Arabi’s doctrine of divine unity and human perfection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosopher
Muslim theologian
Sufi mystic
author
metaphysician
associatedWith doctrine of wahdat al-wujud
conceptualized Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
surface form: the Perfect Man as the complete manifestation of divine names
doctrine Perfect Man
hierarchy of spiritual realities
Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
surface form: insan al-kamil

manifestation of divine names
unity of being
era 14th century
15th century
fieldOfWork Islamic metaphysics
Islamic theology
Sufi metaphysics
mysticism
genre Sufi treatise
metaphysical treatise
influenced North African Sufi scholars
Ottoman-era Sufi thinkers
South Asian Sufi scholars
later Sufi metaphysicians
influencedBy Ibn Arabi
languageOfWork Arabic
mainInterest Sufi psychology
cosmology
divine unity
human perfection
ontology
spiritual anthropology
movement Sufism
notableWork al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil
surface form: Al-Insan al-Kamil

al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil
surface form: Al-Insan al-Kamil fi Maʿrifat al-Awakhir wa al-Awail
occupation religious thinker
scholar of Sufism
writer
philosophicalSchool Akbarian school
surface form: Akbari school

Andalusian Sufism
surface form: School of Ibn Arabi
philosophicalTradition Islamic philosophy
Sufi philosophy
region Islamic world
religion Islam
subjectOf research on Ibn Arabi’s school
studies in Islamic mysticism
systematized Ibn Arabi’s doctrine of divine unity
Ibn Arabi’s teaching on human perfection

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Ibn Arabi influenced Abd al-Karim al-Jili
Wahdat al-wujud associatedWith Abd al-Karim al-Jili
Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) associatedWith Abd al-Karim al-Jili