The Ṭur-i ‘Aẓam or Ṭāmat al-Kubrā in Souhrawadī’s Thought

Subject Areas : Christianity

فاطمه  Samadi ¹ (دانش‌آموختة کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رشته فلسفه و حکمت اسلامی، ساری، ایران)
رضا  Asadpour ² (استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، قائم شهر، ایران)

Received: 2015-11-12 Accepted : 2015-11-12 Published : 2015-10-23

Keywords: Shaikh Ishrāq, Ṭāmat al-Kubrā (great catastro, absorption (fanā’), Active Intellect, Mystical Experience,

Abstract :

Ṭāmat al-Kubrā or “great catastrophe” is a kind of mystical experience in which the mystic connects with the Active Intellect, the tenth of Aristotelian Intelligences or Gabriel in religious traditions. Souhrawadī’s order is based on contemplation, invocation and asceticism in which the novice should observe the religious injunctions and follow the commands of a mystical master so he/she could be able to have a mystical experience. At the final stage of his/her mystical journey the mystic experiences the state of absorption (fanā’), at the very moment he/she visits the Active Intellect. The ascension of the Prophet of Islam is an example of the transcendence of human soul and is a proof of the accessibility of it for other human beings. Even they could go beyond and could be completely absorbed in Divine Essence.