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Al-Insan al-Kamil

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

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]


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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.