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The Essence of Sufism was written by Japanese thinker and Islamic philosopher Toshihiko Izutsu. The work centers on the concept of waḥdat al-wujūd (Oneness of Being), a doctrine with a significant place in Islamic thought, and examines its historical development, theoretical framework, and linguistic foundation through a philosophical analysis. The book is grounded in the idea that the conceptual structure of Sufism must be evaluated not only through surface-level symbols but also through the de

Muhammad Hacı Yusuf’s work Ibn al-Arabi: Time and Cosmology examines Ibn al-Arabi’s concepts of time and universe by comparing these ideas with modern scientific theories. The book particularly highlights Ibn al-Arabi’s concept of “ân-ı dâim.” This concept posits that time exists as a continuously renewed and unbroken “one.” According to the Islamic thinker, past and future converge within this perpetual “an,” and this perspective exhibits certain parallels with modern scientific theories such a