Research Article

The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 14, 2022
  • Mukhtar H. Ali *
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The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality

Abstract

This essay examines the Quranic narratives of Abraham as interpreted by Ibn al-ʿArabī and his followers. Ibn al-ʿArabī was keen to identify the essential reality of the prophets in his famous work Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam. While in the Fuṣūṣ, Ibn al-ʿArabī focuses on his epithet al-khalīl (intimate friend) and his relation to the affirmative attributes of God, the Abrahamic reality is further gleaned from the ways in which the Quran describes his spiritual trajectory. This central prophet of the three major world religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is at once an iconoclast and the paragon of divine unity (tawḥīd), but also represents true religion, life, light, the divine names of origination and the intellect.

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English

Subjects

Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Mukhtar H. Ali * This is me
Palestine

Publication Date

December 14, 2022

Submission Date

October 1, 2022

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Ali, M. H. (2022). The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi, 1(2), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2022.2.26
AMA
1.Ali MH. The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality. JISS. 2022;1(2):3-16. doi:10.32739/ustad.2022.2.26
Chicago
Ali, Mukhtar H. 2022. “The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality”. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi 1 (2): 3-16. https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2022.2.26.
EndNote
Ali MH (December 1, 2022) The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi 1 2 3–16.
IEEE
[1]M. H. Ali, “The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality”, JISS, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 3–16, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.32739/ustad.2022.2.26.
ISNAD
Ali, Mukhtar H. “The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality”. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi 1/2 (December 1, 2022): 3-16. https://doi.org/10.32739/ustad.2022.2.26.
JAMA
1.Ali MH. The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality. JISS. 2022;1:3–16.
MLA
Ali, Mukhtar H. “The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality”. Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp. 3-16, doi:10.32739/ustad.2022.2.26.
Vancouver
1.Mukhtar H. Ali. The Religion of Abraham: Sufi Perspectives on the Abrahamic Reality. JISS. 2022 Dec. 1;1(2):3-16. doi:10.32739/ustad.2022.2.26