Looking at the Meaning of “Eltebās” in Roozbihan Baqli Shirazi’s idea

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Ruzbihan Baqli Shirazi is one of most important characters of Persian Sufism in the 6th century. His role is not only in the loving mysticism‚ but also in forming special type of glossary in the Islamic gnosticism.
One of his important terms is “Eltebās”. He uses the concept to explain the ties of soul and appearance of the universe are or in the other words: increate and creature. In this way and as the complementary aspect, It could be see that the “Eltebās” world according to Ruzbihan has the same role in the explanation of dreams and discussion as imagination world has for Ibn Arabi.
On the other hand, for Roozbihān the “Eltebās” world is the actuality world and it is the passage in which God via disguise shows itself in a favorite image in the eyes of selected prayers.In the other aspect, all the universe is the place of “Eltebās” of shining love then, regarding the “Eltebās” concept, it is better to explain the nature of artificial love too.

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  • Receive Date: 29 January 2023
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  • Accept Date: 29 January 2023
  • Publish Date: 23 September 2010