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 n the Islamic world,
those who are interested in the philosophy of
sufism, in other words who dive into the hidden depths of
these subjects accept Muhiddin-I Arabi as the father of the
point of view named as the Oneness of Existence. Imam-Gazali, who is considered among the leaders of this
theory has made explanations on this subject, however he has not
made his explanations openly, but with a rather veiled style.
Therefore, it
cannot be said that he has been as successful as Arabi.
It
is beyond my capacity to know the ranks of these two saints, however this is what my humble opinion is.
Many
saints have approved the theory
‘’Oneness of Existence’’.
Ubeydullah Ahrar, one of the
esteemed, respectful people has stated his approach to this
subject by saying ‘’the objective of sufism is the subject
of existence, the
body’’.
On the other hand, approximately one thousand years after Hz.
Rasul of Allah’s death this thought has been developed by
Ahmed Faruk Serhendi. So, the philosophy of existence which has
a very important place in sufism has changed its line and took
the form ‘’What is
present is only Allah, everything is Allah’s shadow’’. This
has been like a revolutionary model.
According to this theory, existence
is only an image. As a matter of fact, Hz. Abd-ul Karim Ceyli,
who is the Man of
the Universe and
the grandson of Hz.Abd-ul
Kadir Gilani accepts the existence of
the universe as an image and points out the fact that in
a sense the body does not exist. He is accepting the
existence/the body as
a shadow, in other words as an image.
In such a case, it becomes impossible to think of the body as
something real.
Therefore, the point of view which states ‘’Everything is not Hu, but everything is because of
Hu’’ becomes
more significant…
Please, be careful
not to accept this
idea as
polytheism. If you do so, then you will not be able to develop
and reach new ideas and your understanding will stop!…
If
you ask me what I think, then I’ll extend my thoughts till I
reach Unity and
from that point of view my evaluations would be as
follows:
‘’In spite of the fact that I am strongly for the opinion
Oneness of Existence, the theory of
Oneness of Witness is much more overwhelming…’’
Another
subject is :
Hz.
Imam Rabbani in his book ‘’MEKTUBAT-I RABBANI’’,
has stated his ideas on this subject and while doing so
he has given as an example an event which was told by
Muhyiddin-I Arabi in his book Futuhat-I Mekkiye.
In
the said book Arabi says the following:
‘’While I was going round the Kaabah to perform the regular
visit, suddenly a group appeared. One of
the men in the group came near me and said:
-I am from your ancestors
So, I asked:
-How many years have passed since your death?
-More than forty thousand years…
I was astonished by this answer, so I said:
-How can this be; even
seven thousand years have not passed since Adam was created?
Hz.
Arabi then continues;
‘’Then I remembered that the .hadith
‘’Allah has
created one hundred thousand Adam(s)’’ was confirming
the above statement…’’
In
the light of what
has been told above,
Hz.Rabbani makes the following comments:
‘’All the men that have come and passed before the existence of
Hz.Adam were not in the universe which is similar to the
universe of dreams.
Our Rasul of Allah (s.a.v) has got his existence from the Universe of
Witness. He attained the caliphate on earth, moreover he became
the one to whom even the angels had prostrated.
He was only the Ebul Beþer Adam (the man who was fully
human with all the perfections).
The
person found by
Arabi and who has been dead for forty thousand years was a
transparent, lucid one from his ancestors….
The
sheikh had a presence in
the universe of witness which
was making the tours of visit around Beyt-I Þerif, but
right at that moment he was also in the universe similar to the
universe of dreams, because the Great Kaabah has a similar
image in
this universe. This
image is the kýblah for
the people of that universe.’’
While he is
stating his ideas with these words, he places his proof
on the following words of
the man whom Arabi had seen:
‘’-I am from your ancestors and forty thousand years have
passed since my death.’’
According
to Rabbani the men who came
from Adam
should have possessed his qualities
. They were not created
separately from the creation of Adam (a.s).
In other words Hz. Imam Rabbani states that it was impossible to speak about the existence of
a human being before Prophet Adam who had found his
origin and truth. He also mentions that what Arabi had seen is
in the universe similar to the universe of dreams….
Also, Hz.Arabi relates this event
with the catastrophes (the events which caused the end of
millions of people)
that the generations had and gives the above hadith as an
example on which his observations are based.
I
have thought about this subject for a long time!…
And I wanted you to evaluate this subject between these
two esteemed saints…..
Istanbul-
January
11th 2000
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