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Tag "Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd)"

tag name: Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd) type: Religions, Middle Eastern; Philosophy
web link: Unity_of_existence_(vahdatul-vujud)
variations: unity of being; oneness of being; waḥdat al-wujūd
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi_metaphysics
related tags: Ibn Arabi; Monism; Sufism
referring tags: Commentary on the Unity of Existence; Perfect Man (Sufism)
notes: Concept in Islamic philosophy that all reality is a manifestation of the singular divine existence, with all forms ultimately interconnected.

"Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd)" appears in:

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  1. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence, by Keven Brown (2001). Includes provisional translation of Tablet on the Unity of Existence.
  2. Answered Questions, Some, by Abdu'l-Bahá (2014). 'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in ‘Akká between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions posed by Laura Dreyfus-Barney; first published in 1908, the new 2014 edition has been extensively retranslated.
  3. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume, Robert Stauffer, comp. (1998). List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  4. Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan), by Abdu'l-Bahá Moojan Momen, trans. (1985-12). Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Bahá when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms "Hidden Treasure", "Love", "Creation", and "Knowledge" in a manner which suggests that the recipient was a Sufi and an admirer of Ibn 'Arabí.
  5. Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The, by Juan Cole (1982). Lengthy overview of Bahá'í theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
  6. Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih, by The Báb Keven Brown, trans. (2001). On effulgences, essence, and unity of existence.
  7. Fifty Bahá'í Principles of Unity: A Paradigm of Social Salvation, by Christopher Buck (2014). World religions are systems of salvation, liberation, or harmony, in direct response to the perceived human predicament. To Baha’is, this predicament is profound estrangement and the solution is world unity, from family to international relations.
  8. Firm Cord of Servitude, The, by Theo A. Cope (2001). A call for a revisioning of mysticism's claims of "union with God" in light of the Bahá'í Teachings as well as Jungian psychology.
  9. Origins of the Bahá'í Concept of Unity and Causality: A Brief Survey of Greek, Neoplatonic, and Islamic Underpinnings, by Babak Rod Khadem (2006). The Bahá’í conception of unity has historical and intellectual precedents. On the history of this concept (and the concept of causality) as it developed in ancient Greek thought, Neoplatonism, and, subsequently, in Islamic philosophy and mysticism.
  10. Structure of Existence in the Bab's Tafsir and the Perfect Man Motif, The, by Todd Lawson (1992). The Perfect Man is the mediator between God and the World. He is the mirror in which creation sees God, the eye by which God sees creation. The Bab phrased his cosmology and his Quranic exegesis in light of wahdat al-wujud, the Unity of Being.
  11. Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Translation, by Bahá'u'lláh Moojan Momen, trans. (2010).
  12. Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Introduction, by Moojan Momen (2010). The conflict in Islam between philosopher-mystics who adhere to the philosophy of existential oneness (wahdat al-wujud) and those who oppose this view as heresy.
  13. Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih), by Bahá'u'lláh Joshua Hall, trans. (2023-01-01). Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of the Simple Reality examines Mullá Ṣadrá's dictum "The Simple Reality is all things," providing a nuanced, non-pantheistic interpretation.
  14. Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd), by Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2001).
 
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