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A Journey in Search of “I”: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz)
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Who or what is “I”? Does “I” refer to the soul, body, or something else? This paper aims to clarify the Iranian Sufi Maḥmūd Shabistarī’s metaphysical account of the self in The Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz). Some of Shabistarī’s commentators-for example, Lāhījī-argue that the “self is the determined Real” without offering a full account. This paper presents Shabistarī’s self by examining Gulshan in the context of commentaries, secondary sources, and Islamic thought and by presenting opposing interpretations and reasons for the most prominent interpretations. In Gulshan, the self is neither the soul nor the body. It is the Real’s determination, a face among the eternally manifesting, unrepeated faces of the Real. This paper argues that the self is the human’s fixed entity (quiddity, ʿayn-i thābitah), whose aptitudes are perpetually unfolding; it is an eternal becoming of the Perfect Man. The self is not reified (i.e., it is of no definite content or form) or fully known; it changes every moment; it is the ever-changing “I” of the moment. Shabistarī’s metaphysics helps the modern person realize that her self is divine; it teaches her that because the world-including humans, animals, and the environment-is God’s manifestation, it deserves care.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Haziran 2023
Gönderilme Tarihi
30 Aralık 2022
Kabul Tarihi
3 Mart 2023
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2023 Sayı: 59
APA
Rahbarı Ghazanı, R., & Uysal, S. (2023). A Journey in Search of “I”: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz). İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, 59, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5152/ilted.2023.22270
AMA
1.Rahbarı Ghazanı R, Uysal S. A Journey in Search of “I”: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz). ilted. 2023;(59):1-11. doi:10.5152/ilted.2023.22270
Chicago
Rahbarı Ghazanı, Rasoul, ve Saliha Uysal. 2023. “A Journey in Search of ‘I’: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz)”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, sy 59: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5152/ilted.2023.22270.
EndNote
Rahbarı Ghazanı R, Uysal S (01 Haziran 2023) A Journey in Search of “I”: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz). İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi 59 1–11.
IEEE
[1]R. Rahbarı Ghazanı ve S. Uysal, “A Journey in Search of ‘I’: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz)”, ilted, sy 59, ss. 1–11, Haz. 2023, doi: 10.5152/ilted.2023.22270.
ISNAD
Rahbarı Ghazanı, Rasoul - Uysal, Saliha. “A Journey in Search of ‘I’: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz)”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi. 59 (01 Haziran 2023): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5152/ilted.2023.22270.
JAMA
1.Rahbarı Ghazanı R, Uysal S. A Journey in Search of “I”: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz). ilted. 2023;:1–11.
MLA
Rahbarı Ghazanı, Rasoul, ve Saliha Uysal. “A Journey in Search of ‘I’: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz)”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, sy 59, Haziran 2023, ss. 1-11, doi:10.5152/ilted.2023.22270.
Vancouver
1.Rasoul Rahbarı Ghazanı, Saliha Uysal. A Journey in Search of “I”: The Self in Shabistarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery (Gulshan-i Rāz). ilted. 01 Haziran 2023;(59):1-11. doi:10.5152/ilted.2023.22270