علاقة الله بالعالم عند الصوفية : دراسة في المصطلحات

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Allah's Relation to the World from Sufi's Perspective: A Study in Terminology  Ibrahim Suleiman Suwaylem Suleiman  Department of Creed and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies for Girls, Port Said, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

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com    The present study revolves around the Sufi's terminology used in investigating an important issue in Sufism which is Allah's relation to the world. Sufists use a large number of terms to express this relation in pre-creation stage, appearance and determination stage, arrangement and care of creatures in general, or in the apprentice who walks a spiritual path to Allah in particular.

The current study adopts analytical approach that is based on investigating Sufi's terminologies in their authentic sources, analyzing them from Sufi's perspective, and then analyzing these terms again from a linguistic and legal perspective.

  This study aims at proving the strong association between Sufi's terminologies in this issue and the use of the same terminologies in Arabic language and Sharia in Quran and Sunnah.

This asserts that Sufism draws their sciences, taste, and terminologies from a direct Islamic source.

  The present study concludes that Sufists entirely agree with language, Quran and Sunnah on the use of most of their terms.

  Keywords: Allah – World- Sufism – terminologies – language – Sharia