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The Principles of the Theory of Islamic Spirituality
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Ali Akbar Rashad   |
| of the Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought and Teacher of Advanced Level of Islamic jurisprudence and Usul al-Fiqh at Tehran Hawzah, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: (290 Views) |
Background: "Spirituality" is one of the most important dimensions of Islam, and spiritual health is the result of this important dimension in the Islamic perspective. The purpose of the present study is to discover the pillars of spirituality and the principles of the theory of Islamic spirituality.
Methods: This study first examined authentic Islamic texts (Qur'an and Hadith) on spirituality with a traditional method, then deduced the elements of spirituality and the principles of Islamic spirituality theory from these texts using ijtihad and rational methods.
Rasults: Islamic spirituality is based on four pillars:
A) "Tawheed", which is the truth of spirituality and its most important principle.
b) "Unseen world" (Malakut), it means the hidden and superior aspect of Being.
C) "Seen world" (Mulk), it means the obvious and inferior aspect of Being.
D) "spiritual human being", it means a human being who seeks to move forward and free himself from the limitations of Mulk in order to communicate with Malakut.
The pillars of Islamic spirituality can be expressed in forms of "ontological", "epistemological", "anthropological" and "spiritual" propositions. These pillars consist of a set of fundamental principles and propositions, twenty-four of the most important of which have been proposed and described in this article.
Conclusion: The four pillars of the theory of Islamic spirituality are formed from a set of fundamental propositions that generally have the ability to refer and cite Qur'anic verses and Hadiths. The sum of these propositions, while explaining the pillars of Islamic spirituality, distinguishes it from other traditional and emerging schools. |
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| Keywords: Malakut, Mulk, Spiritual Health, Seen World, Spirituality, Unseen World |
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Received: 2024/10/16 | Accepted: 2024/12/20 | ePublished ahead of print: 2024/10/16 | Published: 2024/12/23
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