Qutb
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:Islam Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Template:Sunni Islam The term Template:TransliterationTemplate:Efn (Template:Langx) means 'axis', 'pivot', or 'pole'.[1] Qutb can refer to celestial movements and be used as an astronomical term or a spiritual symbol.[2]
In Sufism, a Template:Transliteration is the perfect human being, al-Insān al-Kāmil ('The Universal Man'), who leads the saintly hierarchy.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Template:Transliteration is the Sufi spiritual leader who has a divine connection with God and passes knowledge on which makes him central to, or the axis of, Sufism, but he is unknown to the world.[3] There are five Template:Transliterations per era, and they are infallible and trusted spiritual leaders. They are only revealed to a select group of mystics because there is a "human need for direct knowledge of God".[1]
According to the Institute of Ismaili Studies, "In mystical literature, such as the writings of al–Tirmidhi, Abd al–Razzaq and Ibn Arabi (d. 1240), [[[:Template:Transliteration]]] refers to the most perfect human being who is thought to be the universal leader of all saints, to mediate between the divine and the human and whose presence is deemed necessary for the existence of the world."[4]
Scriptural evidence
In the teachings of Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi, there is evidence to suggest that the Template:Transliteration is the head of the saintly hierarchy which provides scriptural evidence to support the belief in the Template:Transliteration. The hadīth attributed to Ibn Mas‘ūd has been used as proof that a Template:Transliteration exists.[5]
Temporal Template:Transliteration and cosmic Template:Transliteration
Temporal Template:Transliteration
There are two different conceptions of the Template:Transliteration in Sufism: temporal Template:Transliteration and cosmic Template:Transliteration. The temporal and cosmic qutb are connected, which guarantees that God is present in the world at all times. The temporal Template:Transliteration is known as "the helper" or al-ghawth and is located in a person on Earth. The cosmic Template:Transliteration is manifested in the temporal Template:Transliteration as a virtue which can be traced back to al-Hallaj. The temporal Template:Transliteration is the spiritual leader for the earth-bound saints. It is said that all beings - secret, animate, and inanimate - must give the Template:Transliteration their pledge which gives him great authority. The Only beings exempt from this are al-afrād, which belong to the angels; the djinn, who are under the jurisdiction of Khadir; and those who belong to the tenth stratum of ridjālal-ghayb.[5]
Due to the nature of the Template:Transliteration, the location where he resides, whether temporal or cosmic, is a matter of learned speculation. It is thought by most that the Template:Transliteration is corporeally or spiritually present in Mecca at the Ka'ba, which is referred to as his maqām.[6]
Sufi language forms a notable style of writing in Persian, which is full of novel spiritual ideas and metaphors, demonstrating a need to refrain from taking its words literally, if such should seem contrary to the teachings of Islam.[7]
Cosmic Template:Transliteration
The cosmic Template:Transliteration is the Axis of the Universe in a higher dimension from which originates the power (ultimately from Allah) of the temporal Template:Transliteration.[8][9][10]
The cosmic hierarchy of the Template:Transliteration
The cosmic hierarchy forms the manifestation of the way in which spiritual power underpins the existence of the cosmos. Two descriptions of the hierarchy come from notable Sufis. The first is Ali Hujwiri's divine court. There are three hundred akhyār ("excellent ones"), forty abdāl ("substitutes"), seven abrār ("piously devoted ones"), four awtād ("pillars") three nuqabā ("leaders") and one qutb.[11]
The second version is Ibn Arabī’s which has a different, more exclusive structure. There are eight nujabā ("nobles"), twelve nuqabā, seven abdāl, four awtād, two a’immah ("guides"), and the Template:Transliteration.[12]
People named Qutb
For those named Qutb ad-Din, with many variant transliterations, see Qutb ad-Din.
Buildings
- Qutb complex, a group of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India
- Qutb Minar, a tall brick minaret in Delhi, India
Notes
References
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- ↑ "Idris and Al Khidr"--see Axis of the Universe about one-fourth of the way down the web page:
- ↑ "The Tree Symbol in Islam" by Noble Ross:
- ↑ "How many worlds are there?" – Discussion of the Planes of existence as conceived in Shi’ism
- ↑ The Saints of Islam, quoting The Mystics of Islam by Dr. Reynold A. Nicholson
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