Islamic philosophy Islamic philosophy is philosophy that emerges from the Islamic tradition. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy—falsafa (literally: "philosophy"), which refers to philosophy as well as logic, ...

, wahdat al-mawjud is the concept of the intrinsic unity of all created things. The concept can be viewed as analogous or related to

pantheism Pantheism is the belief that reality, the universe and the cosmos are identical with divinity and a supreme supernatural being or entity, pointing to the universe as being an immanent creator deity still expanding and creating, which has ex ...

insofar as it does not account for any separation between the divine and the material world.

Origin

Some believe that wahdat al mawjud originates from Greek philosophy, such as Heraclitus' assertion that "God is day and night, winter and summer, many and little, solid and liquid."

Relation to wahdat al wujud

It is sometimes viewed as the opposite of

wahdat al-wujud In Islamic philosophy, Sufi metaphysics is centered on the concept of ar, وحدة, waḥdah, unity, label=none or ar, توحيد, tawhid, label=none. Two main Sufi philosophies prevail on this topic. literally means "the Unity of Existence ...

, a concept which frames God as the only true reality, and the material universe as an illusion emanating from God. It is sometimes described as the concept that

existence Existence is the ability of an entity to interact with reality. In philosophy, it refers to the ontology, ontological Property (philosophy), property of being. Etymology The term ''existence'' comes from Old French ''existence'', from Medieval ...

moves towards spiritual oneness, but remains plural. Under this understanding, human beings can become ''

al-Insān al-Kāmil In Islamic theology, ''al-Insān al-Kāmil'' ( ar, الإنسان الكامل), also rendered as ''Insān-i Kāmil'' (Persian/Urdu: ) and ' ( Turkish), is an honorific title to describe the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The phrase means "the perso ...

'' and attain the wisdom of God. Other, however, understand wahdat al-wujud and wahdat al-mawjud as identical.

Al Hallaj

Some associate the concept with Mansur al Hallaj's statement "''Ana al Haqq" (I am the Truth).''

References

*A, Yaşar Ocak. (1992) Osmanli Imparatorluğunda Marjinal Sufilik: Kalenderiler (XIV-XVII yüzyillar). Ankara: TTK..

External links

*http://www.hbvdergisi.gazi.edu.tr/index.php/TKHBVD/article/view/890 *http://www.ukm.my/ijit/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-Yusri-Mohd-Ramli-IJIT-Vol-3-2013.pdf Islamic philosophy Islamic terminology {{Islam-studies-stub