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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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)
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya → discussesConcept → Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) ⓘ
al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil → describes → Perfect Man as fullest manifestation of divine names and attributes ⓘ
linked to: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
Muhammadan Reality → isRelatedToDoctrine → al-insān al-kāmil (Perfect Man) ⓘ
linked to: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
The Bezels of Wisdom → associatedConcept → Perfect Man (al-insān al-kāmil) ⓘ
linked to: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
The Sufi Path of Knowledge → focusesOnConcept → Perfect Man (al-insān al-kāmil) ⓘ
linked to: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
Iqbal's Persian works → philosophicalConcept → perfect man (insan-e-kamil) ⓘ
linked to: Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)