Al-Insan al-Kamil

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The term Al-Insān al-Kāmil is an Islamic term syncretic with LP term Perfection.The term means "the complete person" or "the person who has reached perfection." [1] [2]

Syncretic Terms

Perfection > Al-Insan al-Kamil, Arhat, Cosmic Man, Final Fulfilment, Perfect Contemplation, Perfected One, Redemption, Ritambharapragya, Siddhi, The Unity, Tikkun, Triumph of Spirit, Triumph of Spirit Archetypes, Triumph of Spirit Narrative

Notes

The term means complete and perfect "'Complete' is a horizontal progress to maximum development, and 'perfect' is a vertical climb to the highest degree possible." as according to a plan." [3]

"This Man is the perfect microcosm, the culminative realization of divine creation..." [4]

"According to Ibn al-'Arab it is the perfected mystic alone who knows the true nature of the reflected image." [5]


Footnotes

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ins%C4%81n_al-K%C4%81mil
  2. Mutahhari, Murtadha. Perfect Man. Translated by Dr. Alaedin Pazargadi. Iran: Bethat Islamic Research Center, Unknown. https://www.al-islam.org/perfect-man-murtadha-mutahhari.
  3. Mutahhari, Murtadha. Perfect Man. Translated by Dr. Alaedin Pazargadi. Iran: Bethat Islamic Research Center, Unknown. https://www.al-islam.org/perfect-man-murtadha-mutahhari.p. 43.
  4. Little, John T. “Al- Insān al-Kāmil: The Perfect Man According to Ibn al-ʻArabī.” The Muslim World 77, no. 1 (January 1987): 43–54.
  5. Little, John T. “Al- Insān al-Kāmil: The Perfect Man According to Ibn al-ʻArabī.” The Muslim World 77, no. 1 (January 1987): 47.