Ahadiyah
(al-’aḥadiyah)
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The Supreme and Transcendent Unity of the Divinity. |
| Long Description: |
In Sufism, the Supreme Unity which is not the object of any distinctive knowledge, and which is therefore not accessible to the creature as such. Only God Himself knows Himself in His Unity. As a spiritual state this Unity implies the extinction of every trace of the created. |
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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
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See Form and Substance in the Religions (Chapter “The Five Divine Presences”) |
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