“Tames light” in Eshragh wisdom and “Tames Station” in mysticism and transcendent wisdom

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Mehdi zamani ¹ (دانشیار دانشگاه پیام نور)

Received: 2015-03-11 Accepted : 2018-08-04 Published : 2015-01-21

Keywords: transcendent wisdom, Tames light, mysticism, Tames station, Suhrawardi,

Abstract :

In Eshragh wisdom both the hierarchy of the world and the stages of the transcendence of the soul to the supreme world are determined according to the lights. Suhrawardi believes that during the spiritual trip, the “khatef” or “baregh” light on the beginners, the “Sabet” light on the average people and “Tames” light on the achievers humans will appear. Therefore in Eshragh wisdom, absolute annihilation will be realized by Tames light and Tames station, end point in the soul transcendence stages, is after the two “Bargh” and “Hargh” stations. But in Islamic mysticism, Ebne Fareze mesri arranged the hierarchy of annihilation in the three stages of “Mahv”, “Tams” and “Mahgh”. Most of the Ibn Arabi and Molla Sadra commentators like Kashani and Haj Molla Hadi Sabzevari, according to this principal, consider annihilation as the annihilation of human’s deed into God’s action, take “Tams” as annihilation into God’s attributes and take “mahgh” as annihilation into God’s Essence, although Molla Sadra, impressed by Eshragh, has mentioned Tames light and has equated it with Great Resurgence and the “Mohayyam” angels and considers them as the end of the soul hierarchy.