Back وحدة الوجود Arabic وحدة الوجود ARZ Vəhdətül-vücud Azerbaijani Үәхдәт әл-вүжүд Bashkir সুফি অধিবিদ্যা Bengali/Bangla مێتافیزیکی سۆفیگەری CKB Wahdat al-Wujud Danish Wahdat al-wudschūd German Metafizikê sufizmi DIQ وحدت وجود Persian
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In Islamic philosophy, Sufi metaphysics is centered on the concept of وحدة, waḥdah, 'unity' or توحيد, tawhid. Two main Sufi philosophies prevail on this topic. Waḥdat al-wujūd literally means "the Unity of Existence" or "the Unity of Being."[1] Wujūd, meaning "existence" or "presence", here refers to God. On the other hand, waḥdat al-shuhūd, meaning "Apparentism" or "Monotheism of Witness", holds that God and his creation are entirely separate.
Some scholars have claimed that the difference between the two philosophies differ only in semantics and that the entire debate is merely a collection of "verbal controversies" which have come about because of ambiguous language. However, the concept of the relationship between God and the universe is still actively debated both among Sufis and between Sufis and non-Sufi Muslims.
- ^ Arts, Tressy, ed. (2014). Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199580330.