Ontology of Ibn Arabi and Sadr ad-Din al-Qunawi in the Interpretation of Crimean Thinker Ahmad bin ‘Abdallah al-Qrimi

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https://doi.org/10.22240/sent32.01.036

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Sufi philosophy, division of essence and existence, Maturidi kalam, Being, necessary existence, identity of the absolute and necessary being, mind, reality

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The study is dedicated to the work of Crimean scholar Ahmad bin ‘Abdallah al-Qrimi, who was one of the most advanced interpreters of the Ibn Arabi’s and Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi’s Sufi philosophy. Ahmad al-Qrimi employed Ibn Sina’s views on division of essence and existence, as well as some concepts of Maturidi kalam. His manuscript work “Advise for the Perplexed and Key for the Exigent” shows main dimensions of Ahmad al-Qrimi’s thought as following: 1) The notion of Being in the works of Ibn Arabi and Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi is interpreted as the idea of necessary existence, as suggested by ibn Sina; 2) the conception of the identity of the absolute and necessary being is understood as the only right approach for the solution of polemics between adepts and critics of Sufism; 3) conception of “correlation” is considered as solution for the problem of relations between mind and reality.

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Mykhaylo Yakubovych, The National University of Ostroh Academy

PhD, Seniour Research Fellow

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Yakubovych, M. (2015). Ontology of Ibn Arabi and Sadr ad-Din al-Qunawi in the Interpretation of Crimean Thinker Ahmad bin ‘Abdallah al-Qrimi. Sententiae, 32(1), 36–46. https://doi.org/10.22240/sent32.01.036

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