Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)

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Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) is a central Sufi metaphysical concept describing the fully realized human who perfectly reflects the divine attributes and serves as the complete manifestation of God’s reality in creation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosophical concept
Sufi metaphysical concept
aimOf Sufi spiritual path
articulatedIn Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam
linked to: Fusus al-Hikam

Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
associatedWith Abd al-Karim al-Jili
Ibn Arabi
centralTo Akbarian Sufism
linked to: Shia Sufism

Sufism
characterizedBy balance of outward and inward dimensions
complete spiritual knowledge (ma'rifa)
perfect realization of divine names
perfect servanthood ('ubudiyya)
connectedTo Qutb (spiritual pole)
linked to: qutb

concept of sainthood (wilaya)
contrastedWith ordinary unperfected human
coreIdea human as locus of manifestation (mazhar) of God
human as mirror of divine names and attributes
synthesis of divine and cosmic realities in the human
describes complete manifestation of divine reality in creation
fully realized human being
hasAspect anthropological doctrine
cosmological doctrine
ethical ideal
hasNameInArabic الإنسان الكامل
influenced Indo-Muslim Sufi traditions
Ottoman Sufi thought
Persian Sufi metaphysics
later Sufi anthropology
keyThemeIn Ibn Arabi's metaphysics
languageOfOrigin Arabic
linkedToFigure Prophet Muhammad
linked to: Muhammad
presupposes doctrine of divine names
doctrine of manifestation (tajalli)
unity of being (wahdat al-wujud)
relatedConcept Muhammadan Reality (al-haqiqa al-muhammadiyya)
universal man
vicegerency (khilafa)
roleInCosmos axis of the universe
comprehensive being (al-kawn al-jami)
mediator between God and creation
studiedIn Islamic philosophy of religion
comparative mysticism
systematicallyExpoundedIn al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil
timeOfSystematization medieval Islamic period
translation Perfect Man
understoodAs archetype of human perfection
ontological prototype of humanity

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Ibn Arabi notableIdea Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
Akbariyya centralTheme perfect human (al-insan al-kamil)
linked to: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
Abd al-Karim al-Jili doctrine insan al-kamil
linked to: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
Abd al-Karim al-Jili conceptualized the Perfect Man as the complete manifestation of divine names
linked to: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)