The Reciprocity of ‘Influence’ and the Five Presences: Jāmī’s Golden Chain and Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Bezels of Wisdom

Kavianifar, Farinaz

doi:10.22034/iw.2026.581663.1884

The Reciprocity of ‘Influence’ and the Five Presences: Jāmī’s Golden Chain and Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Bezels of Wisdom

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسنده

Farinaz Kavianifar

مدرسه عملی پژوهش‌های عالی (EPHE) سوربن مرکز پژوهش‌های ادیان توحیدی

10.22034/iw.2026.581663.1884

چکیده

The Reciprocity of ‘Influence’ and the Five Presences:

Jāmī’s Golden Chain and Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Bezels of Wisdom

This article investigates how ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), conceptualizes the principles of influence (taʾthīr) and receptivity (taʾaththur) in Silsilat al-Dhahab through the lens of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s (d.638/1240) Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam and the doctrine of the Five Presences. Through an intertextual, ontological, and phenomenological approach, the study argues that Jāmī’s reception of Akbarian thought is not limited to doctrinal transmission, but constitutes a sustained reflection on the ways in which beings act upon, receive from, and are transformed by one another across the spiritual, imaginal, and corporeal realms. By examining Jāmī’s poetic treatment alongside Ibn al-ʿArabī’s metaphysical exposition, the article demonstrates that influence functions not merely as an ontological principle, but also as an ethical and spiritual framework for the cultivation and refinement of the soul.

Keywords: Silsilat al-Dhahab, Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam, taʾthīr, taʾaththur, Five Presences.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Keywords: Silsilat al-Dhahab

Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam

taʾthīr

taʾaththur

Five Presences

موضوعات

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