THE IMAM AND THE QUTB: THE AXIS MUNDI IN SHIISM AND SUFISM

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Journal: Sophia Perennis Year:2009 | Volume:6 | Issue:2 Page(s): 25-65

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THE IMAM AND THE QUTB: THE AXIS MUNDI IN SHIISM AND SUFISM

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Keywords

IMAMQ2

QUTBQ2

AXIS MUNDIQ3

MUHYI AL-DIN IBN ARABIQ3

SAYYID HAYDAR AMULIQ2

THE PROPHETIC LIGHTQ3

THE UNIVERSAL MANQ2

Abstract

According to the Islamic esoteric tradition as it manifests in both Sunni and Shiite Islam, it is through THE UNIVERSAL MAN, who is the IMAM (ruler and guide) in Shiism and the QUTB (Pole) in Sufism, that God’s Names and Attributes are most clearly reflected, and through whom He controls the spiritual affairs of humanity. This paper will examine how this AXIS MUNDI is envisaged in Shiism as the IMAM, and in Sufism as the QUTB, while comparing these terms to each other, and also to Christ’s function in Christianity, which helps to define the term AXIS MUNDI. We will look closely at the functions, biographies, and sayings of the Shiite IMAMs and the poles in Sufism, and examine how these two streams of Islamic esoterism connect through the reality of the IMAM and the QUTB, which according to the Shiite Sufi SAYYID HAYDAR AMULI, “are two expressions possessing the same meaning and referring to the same person.

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MARKWITH, ZACHARY. (2009). THE IMAM AND THE QUTB: THE AXIS MUNDI IN SHIISM AND SUFISM. THE JOURNAL OF SAPIENTIAL WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY (SOPHIA PERENNIS), 6(2), 25-65. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/152785/en

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MARKWITH ZACHARY. THE IMAM AND THE QUTB: THE AXIS MUNDI IN SHIISM AND SUFISM. THE JOURNAL OF SAPIENTIAL WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY (SOPHIA PERENNIS)[Internet]. 2009;6(2):25-65. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/152785/en

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ZACHARY MARKWITH, “THE IMAM AND THE QUTB: THE AXIS MUNDI IN SHIISM AND SUFISM,” THE JOURNAL OF SAPIENTIAL WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY (SOPHIA PERENNIS), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 25–65, 2009, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/152785/en

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