در تاریخ 16 مهر 1404 جلسه دفاع آقای محمد محمود خلفان، رشته تصوف و عرفان اسلامی با عنوان« The Ontological Dimensions Of the PerfectHuman On the Basis of Quran and Sunnah » با راهنمای دکتر مصطفی فرهودی و مشاور علی فضلی اساتید داور دکتر علیرضا کدخدایی، دکتر محمد کیوانفر، دکتر رضا الهی منش در سالن شهید حکیم؛ دانشگاه ادیان و مذاهب برگزار شد.

چکیده

The Universal Man is a primary subject of Islamic mysticism, elaborated upon in detail in mystical texts, where its properties are established. These properties have been analyzed from three ontological perspectives, examining three dimensions of the Universal Man: the individual, the divine, and the creational aspects. The individual aspect focuses on the characteristics of the Universal Man as such, like ‘the comprehensive engendered being’ (al-kawn al-jmi). The divine aspect explores the relationship between the Universal Man and the Divine Reality, such as divine vicegerency (al-khilfah al-ilhiyyah). The creational aspect reveals the relationship of the Universal Man with the universe, such as ‘the spirit of the universe’ (rUI al-lam) and ‘the principal intermediary of divine grace’ (wsiOat al-fay al-ilh). This dissertation not only aims to elucidate the properties of these three dimensions but also engages in the evaluation and inference of each property from the perspective of the Quran and Sunnah. Actually, it has undertaken a specific process of mystical inference. Mystical inference means the diligent extraction of mystical subtleties and truths from the Book and the Sunnah based on the principles of esoteric interpretation, and what is meant by the specific process is to provide evidence from the Quran and Hadith appropriate to each characteristic and property of the Universal Man after defining its ontological status and providing a mystical exposition of the same. This compatibility is not confined to mere explicit similarity, as apparent at the level of words, but also considers content compatibility that resonates with the spirit of the religious text. After examining this compatibility, it undertakes an inferential exploration of the religious text, drawing extensively from the rich legacy left by Sh mystics in the field of Quranic and Hadith interpretation, meticulously showing the mystical interpretation of those verses and narrations. The ultimate result of this method is the depiction of the Infallible Universal Man, from the perspective of the Book and the Tradition, with a mystical interpretation.

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