2 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2023-2025
August 18, 2025 Rasoul Rahbari Ghazani
This book presents a comparative philosophical study of the concept of the Oneness of Being (waḥdat al-wujūd) in thernworks of the influential Sufi thinker Ibn ʿArabī and the Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus. Through a detailed textualrnand conceptual analysis, it explores how both thinkers articulate the relationship between the One (Absolute Reality) and the multiplicity of existence. The...
Religions October 2, 2023 Rasoul Rahbari Ghazani, Saliha Uysal 2 citations
This paper examines the nature of “asceticism” (rīyāḍat) in Sufism, revolving around the works of the 13th century Persian Sufi Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī Balkī and exploring two critical inquiries: Firstly, it seeks to determine whether Rūmī’s mystical perspective on asceticism is world-rejecting or world-affirming. Secondly, it investigates potential parallels and divergences between...