Farghānī on the Muhammadan Reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16917954 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William C Chittick (0000-0002-7342-0343, University of Tehran, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 64 |
| Pages | e216403 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HORIZONTE (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1679-9615 • E-ISSN: 2175-5841 |
| Publisher | Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais (PUBLISHER • BR) |
| DOI | 10.5752/p.2175-5841.2023v21n64e216403 |
| OpenAlex | W4389766223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Perhaps the closest parallel to the Johannine Logos in Islam is found in the notion of the “Muhammadan Reality” (al-ḥaqīqat al-muḥammadiyya). The term was probably first used by Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240), but the earliest detailed explanation of what it implies was provided by Saʿīd ibn Aḥmad Farghānī (d. 1300), an outstanding student of Ibn ʿArabī’s foremost propagator, Ṣadr al-Dīn Qûnawī. Farghānī wrote a dense, two-volume commentary on Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s famous 760-verse qasida, Naẓm al-sulûk. Deeply rooted in Islamic metaphysics, theology, and spiritual psychology, the commentary explains how the poet is describing Muhammad’s eternal archetype in God as both the means whereby God creates the universe and the ultimate returning place of all things
Archetype · Art · Islam · Literature · Logos Bible Software · Metaphysics · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |