al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world)

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concept in Islamic philosophy intermediate world metaphysical realm

Al-‘alam al-mithali, or the imaginal world, is a metaphysical intermediate realm in Islamic philosophy where spiritual realities take subtle, visionary forms distinct from both pure intellect and gross matter.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Imaginal Worlds	1
al-‘alam al-mithali	0

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concept in Islamic philosophy ⓘ intermediate world ⓘ metaphysical realm ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosopher	Ibn ‘Arabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mulla Sadra NERFINISHED ⓘ Suhrawardi NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	objective imaginal forms ⓘ subtle forms ⓘ visionary images ⓘ
contains	archetypal images ⓘ forms of spiritual realities ⓘ symbolic bodies ⓘ
distinctFrom	material world ⓘ pure intelligible world ⓘ subjective fantasy ⓘ
elaboratedBy	Ibn ‘Arabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mulla Sadra NERFINISHED ⓘ
epistemicAccessRequires	imaginative faculty ⓘ spiritual refinement ⓘ
function	makes intelligible realities perceivable as images ⓘ mediates between spirit and body ⓘ provides locus for eschatological events ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	mundus imaginalis NERFINISHED ⓘ world of images ⓘ world of similitudes ⓘ ‘alam al-mithal ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration	al-‘alam al-mithālī ⓘ
hasEnglishName	imaginal world ⓘ
hasModeOfBeing	neither purely material nor purely immaterial ⓘ
hasStatus	objective ontological level in many Islamic metaphysical systems ⓘ
interpretedBy	Henry Corbin NERFINISHED ⓘ
isIntermediateBetween	intelligible world ⓘ sensible world ⓘ
knownThrough	spiritual unveiling ⓘ true dreams ⓘ visionary experience ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
ontologicalRank	between pure intellect and gross matter ⓘ
relatedConcept	alam al-ghayb ⓘ barzakh ⓘ malakut ⓘ
systematizedBy	Suhrawardi NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	Illuminationist philosophy ⓘ Islamic mysticism ⓘ Islamic philosophy ⓘ Shi‘i theosophy ⓘ Sufi metaphysics ⓘ
usedIn	Sufi visionary narratives ⓘ eschatology ⓘ prophetic imagination theories ⓘ

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Akbarian school → emphasizesConcept → al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world) ⓘ

William Chittick → notableWork → al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imaginal Worlds