THE DANCE OF THE PEN, THE PLAY OF THE SIGN
According to the Islamic tawhidi paradigm, God, after creating the world- both humanity and nature- ex nihilo, did not dwell in either of them or abandon them completely. God cares for the world but maintains a distance, a gap that separates Creator from created. This has resulted in a fundamental...
Guardado en:
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | article |
| Lenguaje: | EN |
| Publicado: |
International Institute of Islamic Thought
1997
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/addbc4b5cd4f45b0af526bac694d6116 |
| Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| id |
oai:doaj.org-article:addbc4b5cd4f45b0af526bac694d6116 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
dspace |
| spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:addbc4b5cd4f45b0af526bac694d61162021-12-02T19:40:12ZTHE DANCE OF THE PEN, THE PLAY OF THE SIGN10.35632/ajis.v14i1.22652690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/addbc4b5cd4f45b0af526bac694d61161997-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/2265https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 According to the Islamic tawhidi paradigm, God, after creating the world- both humanity and nature- ex nihilo, did not dwell in either of them or abandon them completely. God cares for the world but maintains a distance, a gap that separates Creator from created. This has resulted in a fundamental humanity-nature duality, which is echoed in many other dualities (e.g., body-soul, male-female). Humanity’s existence is restricted by this gap’s parameters, but it is also a human space in which the individual has the freedom to fulfill a human space and either to fulfill or abort hisher essence and potential. Through the limits imposed by this space, the individual passes from the state of nature to the state of culture, from a simple innocence that does not know good or evil to a complex experience that recognizes their existence. In short, humanity passes from the embryonic stage, in which the individual is both limitless and completely determined, with no space separating him/her from nature, to the divine (rabbani) stage, where he/she is limited but, through these very limits, where freedom, dignity, identity, sepamte consciousness, and the abilities to loose and to transcend are gained. Humanity is part of nature, but not an organic part ... Abdelwahab M. ElmessiriInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 14, Iss 1 (1997) |
| institution |
DOAJ |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
EN |
| topic |
Islam BP1-253 |
| spellingShingle |
Islam BP1-253 Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri THE DANCE OF THE PEN, THE PLAY OF THE SIGN |
| description |
According to the Islamic tawhidi paradigm, God, after creating the
world- both humanity and nature- ex nihilo, did not dwell in either of
them or abandon them completely. God cares for the world but maintains
a distance, a gap that separates Creator from created. This has resulted in
a fundamental humanity-nature duality, which is echoed in many other
dualities (e.g., body-soul, male-female). Humanity’s existence is
restricted by this gap’s parameters, but it is also a human space in which
the individual has the freedom to fulfill a human space and either to fulfill
or abort hisher essence and potential. Through the limits imposed by
this space, the individual passes from the state of nature to the state of
culture, from a simple innocence that does not know good or evil to a
complex experience that recognizes their existence. In short, humanity
passes from the embryonic stage, in which the individual is both limitless
and completely determined, with no space separating him/her from
nature, to the divine (rabbani) stage, where he/she is limited but, through
these very limits, where freedom, dignity, identity, sepamte consciousness,
and the abilities to loose and to transcend are gained. Humanity is
part of nature, but not an organic part ...
|
| format |
article |
| author |
Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri |
| author_facet |
Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri |
| author_sort |
Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri |
| title |
THE DANCE OF THE PEN, THE PLAY OF THE SIGN |
| title_short |
THE DANCE OF THE PEN, THE PLAY OF THE SIGN |
| title_full |
THE DANCE OF THE PEN, THE PLAY OF THE SIGN |
| title_fullStr |
THE DANCE OF THE PEN, THE PLAY OF THE SIGN |
| title_full_unstemmed |
THE DANCE OF THE PEN, THE PLAY OF THE SIGN |
| title_sort |
dance of the pen, the play of the sign |
| publisher |
International Institute of Islamic Thought |
| publishDate |
1997 |
| url |
https://doaj.org/article/addbc4b5cd4f45b0af526bac694d6116 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT abdelwahabmelmessiri thedanceofthepentheplayofthesign AT abdelwahabmelmessiri danceofthepentheplayofthesign |
| _version_ |
1718376284014247936 |