al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world)
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Al-‘alam al-mithali, or the imaginal world, is a metaphysical intermediate realm in Islamic philosophy where spiritual realities take subtle, visionary forms distinct from both pure intellect and gross matter.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mundus imaginalis | 3 |
| Imaginal Worlds | 1 |
| al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5630224 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world) Context triple: [Akbarian school, emphasizesConcept, al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world)]
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plane of immanence
The plane of immanence is a central Deleuzian philosophical concept describing a non-hierarchical, pre-conceptual field of pure becoming and relations from which thought, life, and events emerge.
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B.
The Dreaming Void
The Dreaming Void is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that blends space opera with metaphysical mystery as part of his Void Trilogy set in the Commonwealth universe.
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C.
World of Emanation
World of Emanation is the highest of the four primary Kabbalistic worlds, representing the realm of pure divine light and closest proximity to the Infinite.
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D.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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E.
Lisān al-Ghayb
Lisān al-Ghayb is the honorific epithet of the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his perceived mystical insight into the unseen and the divine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world) Target entity description: Al-‘alam al-mithali, or the imaginal world, is a metaphysical intermediate realm in Islamic philosophy where spiritual realities take subtle, visionary forms distinct from both pure intellect and gross matter.
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A.
plane of immanence
The plane of immanence is a central Deleuzian philosophical concept describing a non-hierarchical, pre-conceptual field of pure becoming and relations from which thought, life, and events emerge.
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B.
The Dreaming Void
The Dreaming Void is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that blends space opera with metaphysical mystery as part of his Void Trilogy set in the Commonwealth universe.
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C.
World of Emanation
World of Emanation is the highest of the four primary Kabbalistic worlds, representing the realm of pure divine light and closest proximity to the Infinite.
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D.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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E.
Lisān al-Ghayb
Lisān al-Ghayb is the honorific epithet of the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his perceived mystical insight into the unseen and the divine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept in Islamic philosophy
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intermediate world ⓘ metaphysical realm ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosopher |
Ibn ‘Arabi
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linked to:
Ibn Arabi
Mulla Sadra ⓘ Suhrawardi ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
objective imaginal forms
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subtle forms ⓘ visionary images ⓘ |
| contains |
archetypal images
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forms of spiritual realities ⓘ symbolic bodies ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
material world
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pure intelligible world ⓘ subjective fantasy ⓘ |
| elaboratedBy |
Ibn ‘Arabi
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linked to:
Ibn Arabi
Mulla Sadra ⓘ |
| epistemicAccessRequires |
imaginative faculty
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spiritual refinement ⓘ |
| function |
makes intelligible realities perceivable as images
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mediates between spirit and body ⓘ provides locus for eschatological events ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
mundus imaginalis
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linked to:
al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world)
world of images ⓘ world of similitudes ⓘ ‘alam al-mithal ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | al-‘alam al-mithālī ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | imaginal world ⓘ |
| hasModeOfBeing | neither purely material nor purely immaterial ⓘ |
| hasStatus | objective ontological level in many Islamic metaphysical systems ⓘ |
| interpretedBy | Henry Corbin ⓘ |
| isIntermediateBetween |
intelligible world
ⓘ
sensible world ⓘ |
| knownThrough |
spiritual unveiling
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true dreams ⓘ visionary experience ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| ontologicalRank | between pure intellect and gross matter ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
alam al-ghayb
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barzakh ⓘ malakut ⓘ |
| systematizedBy | Suhrawardi ⓘ |
| tradition |
Illuminationist philosophy
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Islamic mysticism ⓘ Islamic philosophy ⓘ Shi‘i theosophy ⓘ Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Sufi visionary narratives
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eschatology ⓘ prophetic imagination theories ⓘ |
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Subject: al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world) Description of subject: Al-‘alam al-mithali, or the imaginal world, is a metaphysical intermediate realm in Islamic philosophy where spiritual realities take subtle, visionary forms distinct from both pure intellect and gross matter.
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