Question
Ibn Taymiyyah popularized the name of this doctrine by attacking holders of it such as Ibn Sab’in as disbelievers. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this doctrine that Ahmad Sirhindi opposed with one about witness, or shuhūd. Despite never using the term, Ibn Arabi is seen as the main exponent of this doctrine, as in his view that everything is a reflection of God.
ANSWER: unity of being [or waḥdat al-wujūd; or unity of existence; or unity of the Real; or oneness of being; or unity of wujūd]
[10m] The unity of being heavily influenced Mulla Sadra’s Four Journeys of this faculty. Drawing on Aristotle, al-Farabi’s epistle on this faculty divides it into categories including active and passive.
ANSWER: intellect [or ‘aql; accept nous; prompt on intelligence or the mental]
[10e] Before Ibn Arabi, this Muslim philosopher theorized the similar unity of the intellect, which entered Western philosophy via his Latin followers. This Andalusian critiqued al-Ghazali in The Incoherence of the Incoherence.
ANSWER: Ibn Rushd [or Averroes; or Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ’Aḥmad Ibn Rušd]
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