Malakut

Al-Malakut meaning Realm of Dominion (Arabic: عالم الملكوت‎), also known as "Hurqalya",[1] is an invisible realm, in Islamic cosmology, containing several metaphysical beings and places in Islamic lore, like angels, demons, jinn, hell and the seven heavens.[2] It is sometimes used interchangeably with Alam al Mithal, but otherwise distinguished from it, as a realm above Alam al Mithal, but still sublunary to Alam al Jabarut, as a lower plane for angels, but still higher than the plane of jinn.[3] The higher realms are not separated worlds in Islamic thought, rather they impinge the realms below.[4]

Imaginal Realm

The realm called Al Malakut or Alam al Mithal (translated as imaginal realm) terms the concept of a realm where all ideas, thoughts and actions are manifested, including supernatural experiences,[5] conversations with angels and encounters with jinn.[6] Additionally, the lower soul (nafs), came from there and the dreamer enters this realm again during sleep.[7] It is held to be between the material realm (Alam al Mulk) and the spiritual realm (Alam al Jabarut).[8]

See also

References
  1. Corbin, Henry (1977). Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran. Princeton University Press.
  2. Jess Hollenback Mysticism: Experience, Response, and Empowerment Penn State Press 1996 ISBN 978-0-271-04444-6 page 259
  3. Amira El-Zein Islam, Arabs, and Intelligent World of the Jinn Syracuse University Press 2009 ISBN 978-0-815-65070-6 page 49
  4. Amira El-Zein Islam, Arabs, and Intelligent World of the Jinn Syracuse University Press 2009 ISBN 978-0-815-65070-6 page 6
  5. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi Saints and Saviours of Islam Sarup & Sons 2005 ISBN 978-8-176-25555-4 page 170
  6. Jess Hollenback Mysticism: Experience, Response, and Empowerment Penn State Press 1996 ISBN 978-0-271-04444-6 page 259
  7. Duncan Black Macdonald Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Theory The Lawbook Exchange 2009 ISBN 978-1-584-77858-5 page 234
  8. Victor Danner Kitāb Al-Ḥikam Brill Archive 1984 ISBN 978-9-004-07168-1 page 71


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