İNSAN VE TANRI İLİŞKİSİ BAĞLAMINDA HİNDU MİSTİSİZMİ VE İSLAM TASAVVUFU ARASINDA BİR MUKAYESE
Kilis 7 December University Journal of Theology June 30, 2026 Buşra Arslan Meçi̇n
This study compares early and middle Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta with classical Islamic Sufi metaphysics, focusing on concepts such as Brahman, ātman, māyā, samsara, moksha, and in Sufism, Allah, nafs, fanā, baqā, ma‘rifa, and insān al-kāmil. It finds that both traditions treat liberation not as a postmortem state but as a transformation of consciousness. In Hindu thought, moksha is the realization of the identity of ātman and Brahman, with the phenomenal world dissolving as māyā. In Sufism, liberation involves recognizing human ontological limitation, purification of the self, and drawing near to a transcendent God, without implying ontological identity between creator and creation.