Executive Briefing: Tasawwuf as Inner Purification
Tasawwuf (Sufism) represents the interior, esoteric dimension of Islam, moving from legalistic compliance (*Sharia*) through the spiritual path (*Tariqa*) to existential divine realization (*Haqiqa*).
1. Wahdat al-Wujud: The Unity of Being in Ibn Arabi
The Andalusian philosopher-mystic Ibn Arabi articulated the doctrine of Wahdat al-Wujud (The Unity of Being), arguing that created existence has no independent ontological reality; all phenomena are self-disclosures (*tajalliyat*) of the single Divine Essence.
2. References
- Chittick, W. C. (1989). The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-‘Arabi’s Metaphysics of Imagination. SUNY Press.
- Rumi, J. (c. 1260). Masnavi-ye Ma’navi.