al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil

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Al-Jili's *al-Insan al-Kamil* is a seminal Sufi metaphysical treatise that elaborates the doctrine of the Perfect Man as the fullest manifestation of divine reality in human form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic prose work ⓘ
Islamic theological work ⓘ
Sufi metaphysical treatise ⓘ
associatedWith Muhammadan Reality (al-Haqiqa al-Muhammadiyya) ⓘ
Sunni Sufi tradition ⓘ
metaphysical interpretation of prophecy ⓘ
author Abd al-Karim al-Jili ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 14th–15th century ⓘ
circulatesIn manuscript and printed editions ⓘ
considered classic exposition of the Perfect Man doctrine ⓘ
context post-classical Islamic intellectual history ⓘ
describes Perfect Man as fullest manifestation of divine names and attributes ⓘ
Perfect Man as mirror of divine reality ⓘ
hierarchy of spiritual realities ⓘ
stages of spiritual realization ⓘ
explores epistemology of mystical knowledge (ma‘rifa) ⓘ
relationship between shari‘a and haqiqa ⓘ
role of imagination (khayal) in metaphysics ⓘ
focusesOn concept of al-Insan al-Kamil (the Perfect Man) ⓘ
cosmology in Sufi thought ⓘ
ontology of the human being ⓘ
relationship between God and creation ⓘ
genre mystical theology ⓘ
philosophical Sufism ⓘ
hasConcept levels of existence (maratib al-wujud) ⓘ
microcosm–macrocosm analogy ⓘ
spiritual stations and states ⓘ
unity of being as reflected in the Perfect Man ⓘ
hasTitleVariant al-Insan al-Kamil fi Ma‘rifat al-Awakhir wa-l-Awail ⓘ
influenced Ottoman and Indo-Muslim Sufi thought ⓘ
later Sufi metaphysical writings ⓘ
influencedBy Akbarian school of Sufism ⓘ
Ibn Arabi ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainTopic Sufi metaphysics ⓘ
divine reality and its manifestation ⓘ
doctrine of the Perfect Man ⓘ
presents Muhammad as archetype of the Perfect Man ⓘ
regards Perfect Man as comprehensive being (al-kawn al-jami‘) ⓘ
Perfect Man as intermediary between God and the world ⓘ
Perfect Man as locus of manifestation (mazhar) of God ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Islamic world ⓘ
religiousCurrent Sufism ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
studiedIn Islamic philosophy ⓘ
comparative mysticism ⓘ

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Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) → systematicallyExpoundedIn → al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil ⓘ
Abd al-Karim al-Jili → notableWork → Al-Insan al-Kamil ⓘ
linked to: al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil
Abd al-Karim al-Jili → notableWork → Al-Insan al-Kamil fi Maʿrifat al-Awakhir wa al-Awail ⓘ
linked to: al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil
al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil → hasTitleVariant → al-Insan al-Kamil fi Ma‘rifat al-Awakhir wa-l-Awail ⓘ
linked to: al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil
Perfect Man → ArabicName → al-Insan al-Kamil ⓘ
linked to: al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil
Perfect Man → expoundedInWork → al-Insan al-Kamil by Abd al-Karim al-Jili ⓘ
linked to: al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil