Muhammadan Reality (al-haqiqa al-muhammadiyya)

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Muhammadan Reality (al-haqiqa al-muhammadiyya) is a Sufi metaphysical concept denoting the primordial, universal spiritual essence of Prophet Muhammad from which all creation and prophetic perfections are derived.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theological concept
Sufi metaphysical concept
esoteric doctrine in Islam
centralFigure Prophet Muḥammad
linked to: Muhammad
denotes primordial spiritual essence of Prophet Muḥammad
universal Muḥammadan spirit
hasAlternativeName Muḥammadan Light
Muḥammadan Logos
Nūr Muḥammadī
hasArabicName al-ḥaqīqa al-muḥammadiyya
hasDoctrinalStatus esoteric teaching not universally accepted by all Muslim theologians
involvesConcept emanation of creation from a single spiritual principle
hierarchy of being (marātib al-wujūd)
pre-existence of Muḥammad’s spiritual reality
isAssociatedWith Islamic mysticism
Sufism
metaphysics
isBelievedTo be archetype of all prophets
be archetype of all saints
be locus of divine names and attributes
encompass all realities (ḥaqāʾiq)
mediate between divine essence and creation
precede material creation
isDescribedAs cosmic principle
first creation
origin of all sainthood (walāya)
pre-eternal light
source of all prophetic perfections
isDiscussedBy Ibn ʿArabī
linked to: Ibn Arabi

Jāmī
al-Ghazālī
linked to: al‑Ghazali

many later Sufi metaphysicians
ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Jīlī
isInterpretedWithin Akbarian school of Sufism
Ottoman Sufi tradition
Persian Sufi tradition
isLinkedTo anthropology in Sufi thought
concept of seal of prophethood
cosmology in Sufi thought
prophethood (nubuwwa)
sainthood (walāya)
isRelatedToDoctrine Logos doctrine in Islamic thought
Nūr Muḥammad (Light of Muḥammad)
al-insān al-kāmil (Perfect Man)
isSubjectOf contemporary academic studies on Sufism and Islamic metaphysics
isViewedAs inner reality of the Prophet distinct from his historical person
metaphysical root of the Qurʾān in some Sufi writings
languageOfDiscourse Arabic
primarySources Sufi treatises and commentaries

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Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) relatedConcept Muhammadan Reality (al-haqiqa al-muhammadiyya)
al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil associatedWith Muhammadan Reality (al-Haqiqa al-Muhammadiyya)
linked to: Muhammadan Reality (al-haqiqa al-muhammadiyya)
Muhammadan Reality hasArabicName al-ḥaqīqa al-muḥammadiyya
linked to: Muhammadan Reality (al-haqiqa al-muhammadiyya)
Perfect Man relatedToConcept Muhammadan Reality
linked to: Muhammadan Reality (al-haqiqa al-muhammadiyya)