the theory of perfect man that was dispersed in published works of islamic thinkers, started out as an independent subject and eventually annotations were added to it. the ontological aspect of this issue has been reviewed several times. however, the worldly functions of the perfect man have not been analyzed yet. unlike some mystics and sufis who limit the perfect man to practice in spiritual ...

one of the fundamental problems of theoretical mysticism is how to explain the difference between god and the world on the basis of the idea of wahdat al-wujud (the unity of existence). following the explanation of certain necessary premises, this paper presents the theory of divine manifestation as one that can explain and analyze multiplicity. in this article we especially seek to solidify th...