Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1982
Publication Title
Studies in Islam
Abstract
This paper will present an explanation of some previously unexamined aspects of fillah Wali Allah's (d. 1762) conception of the subtJe spiritual centres (/afii'if). For Shah Wali Allah these spiritual components of a person were of great importance in explaining the theory and practice of individual spiritual progress on the Sufi path. His arrangement of these centres, together with his explanation of their interaction with one another directly reflects his more comprehensive understanding of cosmology and ontology, and therefore this aspect of his thought is less esoteric than it might initially seem.
Recommended Citation
Hermansen, MK. "Shah Wali Allah's Arrangement of the Subtle Spiritual Centers." Studies in Islam, 1982.
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© Marcia K. Hermansen, 1982.
Comments
Author Posting. © Marcia K. Hermansen, 1982. This article is posted here by permission of the author for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in Studies in Islam, 1982.