: The human being is in a constant struggle to find a place, an orientation for him/
herself with... more : The human being is in a constant struggle to find a place, an orientation for him/ herself within a world that is supposedly an abode. He/she was assigned by God to be a vicegerent (khalīfa), a representative of Him on earth. This paper aims to tackle the conception of women and the fulfillment of the role of a vicegerent through human participation in sexual intercourse within the framework of marriage as a particular mode of being, and as recurring physical and metaphysical activity pertinent to human existence which could allow human beings to rise to the proximity of the Divine presence. This will be accomplished through investigating; Ibn ʿArabī’s discussion of those activities in his book Fuṣūṣ al-Ḫikam, where he analyzes the prophetic saying: “Three things were made beloved to me in this world of yours: women, perfume and the solace of my eye was made in prayer”.
The human being is in a constant struggle to find a place, an orientation for him/herself within ... more The human being is in a constant struggle to find a place, an orientation for him/herself within a world that is supposedly an abode. He/she was assigned by God to be a vicegerent (khalifa), a representative of Him on earth. This paper aims to tackle the conception of women and the fulfillment of the role of a vicegerent through human participation in sexual intercourse within the framework of marriage as a particular mode of being, and as recurring physical and metaphysical activity pertinent to human existence which could allow human beings to rise to the proximity of the Divine presence. This will be accomplished through investigating; Ibn ‘Arabi’s discussion of those activities in his book Fusus al-Hikam, where he analyzes the prophetic saying: “Three things were made beloved to me in this world of yours: women, perfume and the solace of my eye was made in prayer”
: The human being is in a constant struggle to find a place, an orientation for him/
herself with... more : The human being is in a constant struggle to find a place, an orientation for him/ herself within a world that is supposedly an abode. He/she was assigned by God to be a vicegerent (khalīfa), a representative of Him on earth. This paper aims to tackle the conception of women and the fulfillment of the role of a vicegerent through human participation in sexual intercourse within the framework of marriage as a particular mode of being, and as recurring physical and metaphysical activity pertinent to human existence which could allow human beings to rise to the proximity of the Divine presence. This will be accomplished through investigating; Ibn ʿArabī’s discussion of those activities in his book Fuṣūṣ al-Ḫikam, where he analyzes the prophetic saying: “Three things were made beloved to me in this world of yours: women, perfume and the solace of my eye was made in prayer”.
The human being is in a constant struggle to find a place, an orientation for him/herself within ... more The human being is in a constant struggle to find a place, an orientation for him/herself within a world that is supposedly an abode. He/she was assigned by God to be a vicegerent (khalifa), a representative of Him on earth. This paper aims to tackle the conception of women and the fulfillment of the role of a vicegerent through human participation in sexual intercourse within the framework of marriage as a particular mode of being, and as recurring physical and metaphysical activity pertinent to human existence which could allow human beings to rise to the proximity of the Divine presence. This will be accomplished through investigating; Ibn ‘Arabi’s discussion of those activities in his book Fusus al-Hikam, where he analyzes the prophetic saying: “Three things were made beloved to me in this world of yours: women, perfume and the solace of my eye was made in prayer”
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herself within a world that is supposedly an abode. He/she was assigned by God to be a vicegerent (khalīfa), a representative of Him on earth. This paper aims to tackle the conception
of women and the fulfillment of the role of a vicegerent through human participation in
sexual intercourse within the framework of marriage as a particular mode of being, and as
recurring physical and metaphysical activity pertinent to human existence which could allow
human beings to rise to the proximity of the Divine presence. This will be accomplished
through investigating; Ibn ʿArabī’s discussion of those activities in his book Fuṣūṣ al-Ḫikam,
where he analyzes the prophetic saying: “Three things were made beloved to me in this world
of yours: women, perfume and the solace of my eye was made in prayer”.
herself within a world that is supposedly an abode. He/she was assigned by God to be a vicegerent (khalīfa), a representative of Him on earth. This paper aims to tackle the conception
of women and the fulfillment of the role of a vicegerent through human participation in
sexual intercourse within the framework of marriage as a particular mode of being, and as
recurring physical and metaphysical activity pertinent to human existence which could allow
human beings to rise to the proximity of the Divine presence. This will be accomplished
through investigating; Ibn ʿArabī’s discussion of those activities in his book Fuṣūṣ al-Ḫikam,
where he analyzes the prophetic saying: “Three things were made beloved to me in this world
of yours: women, perfume and the solace of my eye was made in prayer”.