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The Concept of the "Perfect Man" (Pole) in Sufism and the Bahá'í Notion of the Manifestation of God

Author	Youli A. Ioannesyan
Title of item	The Concept of the "Perfect Man" (Pole) in Sufism and the Bahá'í Notion of the Manifestation of God
Volume	Book 2
Pages	53-68
Total pages	152
Parent publication	Lights of Irfan
Publisher of this ed.	Wilmette, IL: Irfan Colloquia
Date of this edition	2001
Language	English
Permission	editor and publisher
Posted	2010-05-17 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Archives and Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.com/ioannesyan_perfect_man
Abstract	While there is an obvious similarity between the Sufi concept of the "Perfect Man" and the Bahá'í concept of the "Manifestation of God," there are also striking differences; the theologies of at-Tirmidhí, Ibn al-'Arabí, Dáwud-al-Qaysarí, and Haydar Amulí.
Notes	Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #28, London School of Economics (July 14-6, 2000). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/28/ioannesyan_perfect.
Tags	Interfaith dialogue; Manifestations of God; Sufism
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Last edited	2010-05-17. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=ioannesyan_perfect_man.

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