The Mystery Of The Human Person : Mystical Anthropology In Hamzah Fansuri’s Shair
Bagus Laksana
Kanz Philosophia : A Journal for Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism June 15, 2016 DOI: 10.20871/kpjipm.v6i1.148 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that mystical anthropology is the underlying theme of all of Hamzah Fansuri's poems, in which he develops a discourse on the theomorphic dignity of every human person and the dynamic of return to God through original imagery and symbolism. The essay situates Fansuri's mystical theological anthropology within Ibn al-'Arabi's wujudiyyah tradition while noting the influence of other mystics such as Attar and Hafez. |
Abstract
This essay endeavors to look closely at the mystical theological anthropology of Hamzah Fansuri, the first and one of the greatest Sufi writers in the Malay world. Mystical anthropology is arguably the underlying theme of all Fansuri’s poems and he develops this mystical discourse on the theomorphic dignity of every human person, together with the dynamic of return to God, by using some quite original imageries and symbolisms of his own. However, Fansuri’s mystical theological anthropology belongs to the tradition of Ibn al-‘Arabi (the wujudiyyah doctrince), while his works also betray familiarity with and the influence of other great mystics of Islam, such as Attar and Hafez.Keywords : Fansuri, Islamic mysticism, Sufism, anthropology, union with God