Ibn Arabi's mystical view of Pharaoh's faith with a look at Persian poetry

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Habib Safarzadeh ¹ , Monsour Nikpanah ²

1 - استادیار و عضو هیأت علمی گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، دانشگاه فرهنگیان. نویسنده مسئول: [e-mail]
2 - استادیار مجتمع آموزش عالی سراوان و مدرس دانشگاه فرهنگیان زاهدان.

Received: 2020-10-05 Accepted : 2020-10-05 Published : 2020-09-22

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Theoretical mysticism in the Islamic circle owes its thoughts and ideas to Ibn Arabi, the great Muslim mystic. Fusus al-Hakam is his most important work in which he interprets the Qur'anic verses according to the manifestations of God on the prophets. The chapter of Mousavi (AS) is one of the most important chapters of this book, of which the faith of Pharaoh is a central part. Ibn Arabi's principles and interpretations in this matter can be criticized in some ways. This research critiques Ibn Arabi's view on this issue with a descriptive-analytical method and proves that first of all, Mohi-ud-Din's speech requires the union of the souls of the slain for the appearance of Moses (pbuh), the gathering of many souls in one body (reincarnation). Secondly, paying attention to the verses before and after the verse (Jonah: 90) also confirms the unbelief of Pharaoh before his death. The previous verse is the fulfillment of the prayers of Moses (AS) and Aaron (AS) in the direction of Pharaoh's torment and lack of faith, and the next verse is a question of denial of his faith. Another is that Pharaoh, because he claims to be a deity (Naza'at: 24), did not know any god but himself. And he concludes that his question of the truth of God (Poets: 23) was for denial and exclusion, not for the true knowledge and knowledge of His nominal manifestations.