Qutb

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Islamic religious concept Sufi spiritual rank mystical title

Qutb is a key Sufi spiritual rank often understood as the cosmic spiritual pole or axis around which the hierarchy of saints revolves.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Qutb (spiritual pole)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic religious concept ⓘ Sufi spiritual rank ⓘ mystical title ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Sufi cosmology ⓘ awliya (friends of God) ⓘ wilaya (sainthood) ⓘ
believedFunction	channel of divine grace to creation ⓘ maintainer of cosmic order ⓘ spiritual governor of the world ⓘ
contrastedWith	lower ranks of saints ⓘ
cosmologicalStatus	center of the spiritual hierarchy ⓘ pivot of sainthood ⓘ
describedAs	axis mundi in Sufi cosmology ⓘ cosmic spiritual pole or axis ⓘ pole of sainthood ⓘ
discussedBy	classical Sufi theorists ⓘ
discussedIn	Sufi manuals of doctrine ⓘ
hasPluralForm	aqṭāb ⓘ
hasRole	axis of the spiritual universe ⓘ cosmic spiritual pole ⓘ head of the hierarchy of saints ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Arabic ⓘ
literalMeaning	axis ⓘ pole ⓘ
metaphoricalAssociation	axis of a wheel ⓘ center of a circle of saints ⓘ
numberOfHolders	one at any given time in many Sufi doctrines ⓘ
ontologicalCategory	spiritual office rather than a personal name ⓘ
partOf	Sufi hierarchy of saints ⓘ Sufi spiritual hierarchy ⓘ
pluralFormMeaning	poles ⓘ
rankInHierarchy	highest rank of saint ⓘ
recognizedBy	many Sufi orders ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	entire world in many Sufi views ⓘ
relatedRank	abdāl NERFINISHED ⓘ awtād ⓘ nujabāʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ nuqabāʼ ⓘ
religiousTradition	Islam ⓘ Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	cosmic ⓘ universal ⓘ
temporalAspect	office renewed with each generation of saints ⓘ
usedIn	Sufi hagiographical literature ⓘ Sufi metaphysical writings ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

ghawth → consideredRankAbove → Qutb ⓘ

subject surface form: Ghawth

Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili → honorificTitle → Qutb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qutb (spiritual pole)

ghawth → relatedOffice → Qutb ⓘ

subject surface form: Ghawth