نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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استادیار گروه فلسفه و کلام اسلامی، دانشکده الهیات و معارف اهل البیت (ع)، دانشگاه اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران.
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نویسندگان [English]
This study examines the concept and significance of "Adam descent"(hubūṭ) in the mystical systems of Jacob Boehme, the German Christian mystic, and Ibn ʿArabī, the Andalusian Muslim Sufi. The investigation interprets descent not merely as a historical event but as an ontological and initiatory reality that plays a pivotal role in the process of human transcendence. The research employs a qualitative (descriptive) and analytical-interpretive methodology, grounded in close textual analysis of the two thinkers’ primary works and the elaboration of their key concepts through a lens of maximal comparative complementarity.
The findings reveal that both thinkers regard descent as integral to human evolution and the actualization of latent spiritual potentials. Boehme attributes descent to Adam’s lack of divine knowledge, inexperience with evil, and desire to experience multiplicity—manifested through the projection of imagination(Fantasei) and separation from primordial unity. In contrast, Ibn ʿArabī frames it as a stage in realizing the station of vicegerency(khilāfa) and the actualization of divine names, impossible without entering the realm of multiplicity. In both systems, descent is not a sin but an ontological necessity for attaining perfection. A novel contribution of this paper is its analysis of the "second descent," interpreted in both traditions as the severance from inner vision(shuhūd) and neglect of divine truth. Ultimately, by offering a pedagogical and initiatory interpretation of descent, the study proposes a paradigm wherein human entry into the world—with all its limitations—becomes a crucible for cultivating knowledge, experiencing divine love, and consciously returning to the station of proximity(qurb).
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