Conocer para trascender, morir para vivir. Una comparación entre la antropología filosófica de Muhammad Iqbal e Ibn ‘Arabī

Abstract

The period between the publication of Asrar-i Khudi (Secrets of the Self) in 1915 and The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam in 1930 marked the consolidation of the philosophy of ḫūdī (self) in the thought of the Indian philosopher Muhammad Iqbal. A philosophical project for the contemporary Islamic world, which, through the acceptance of science and certain elements of Western philosophy, sought to overcome the limitations of the Islamic tradition and above all of Sufism, which the author describes as pantheistic. Among the profound dialogues he had with tradition, Iqbal had a very special one with Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn ‘Arabī (1165-1240), one of the most famous mystics and philosophers of Islam. A meta-historical dialogue in the form of a critique that invites us to see the convergences and divergences in the metaphysical and anthropological aspects of both authors. And later, a re-encounter with the Andalusian Sufi master in the use of symbols and theophanic experiences, especially from his work Javid Nama (The Book of Eternity).