Irfan – kratki historijat i osnovni pojmovi
A short overview of the basic terms and the history of Irfan
Author(s): Džafer ZāreānSubject(s): Theology and Religion, Islam studies
Published by: Fondacija “Baština duhovnosti”
Keywords: Irfan; soul; illumination; revelation; truth; Ibn ‘Arabi; gnosis; knowledge;
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims briefly to present Irfan (Islamic gnosis) as a general worldview of an Islamic gnostic and Irfan as a scientific discipline. In short, its goal is to explain the subject of Irfan, that is, the scientific discipline with the subject of the world of existence. After the introduction and the definition of Irfan, the author shortly writes about the history of Irfan and the course of development of this ontological discipline from the first century AH until today. The author also writes shortly about two aspects of Irfan, i.e. the theoretical and the practical aspect. At the end, the author presents to us few levels of the practical Irfan and its basic terms.
Journal: Živa baština: časopis za filozofiju i gnozu
- Issue Year: VI/2020
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 84-93
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Bosnian