The Notion of Uniqueness within the Context of Creation in Ahmed Avni Konuk’s Commentary of Fuṣûṣü’l-ḥikem

Abstract

The concept of individuality is a concept that contains the entire logic of the truth of creation/existence. The last chapter of Muhyiddîn Ibn al-'Arabî's Fusūs al-hikam, one of the most fundamental works of Sufi history and thought, devoted to the Prophet Muhammad, explains that Muhammadan wisdom is the wisdom of "individuality". While the Creator-creature relationship that emerges with creation is seen as a dual communication process, as Ibn al-'Arabī expresses it with the word pairs Hak-halk, Rab-sul, or kadîm-hâdis, the Prophet Muhammad, who is the perfection of being, the "true" human being, and to whom the wisdom of individuality has been made unique, unites the duality of the Creator and the created as the third element and makes the Truth fully manifest. When the Being that is revealed through creation is considered within the framework of the concept of individuality, it is seen that the source and target of this "becoming" is the human being, who is the human being who is the embodiment of the Truthfulness of Muhammadiyya. Thus, the goal of creation is realized through individuality through the human being, in whom existence finds its perfection.

Keywords

• ibn al-'arabi
• fusus al-hikam
• existence
• creation
• perfect human