entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class
ENT_SUF_BAQA,Baqa,,Islamic/Sufi,Mystical process/category,Mystical process,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Abiding or subsistence in God that follows fana; in al-Junayd's teaching the annihilated self is restored, now subsisting through God rather than through itself.",sage
ENT_SUF_FANA,Fana,,Islamic/Sufi,Mystical process/category,Mystical process,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"The annihilation of the ego-self in God, the pivotal goal of the mystical path; expressed ecstatically by al-Bistami and given sober doctrinal shape by al-Junayd.",sage
ENT_SUF_GHAZALI,al-Ghazali,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi theologian,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111), ""Proof of Islam"" (Hujjat al-Islam); his Ihya Ulum al-Din reconciled Sufi interior practice with Sunni law and theology, making Sufism respectable within the mainstream.",sage
ENT_SUF_IBN_ARABI,Ibn al-Arabi,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi metaphysician,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi (d. 1240), al-Shaykh al-Akbar (""the greatest master""); his Fusus al-Hikam and Futuhat al-Makkiyya systematise wahdat al-wujud (the unity of being) and the doctrine of the Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil).",sage
ENT_SUF_INSAN_KAMIL,Insan al-Kamil,,Islamic/Sufi,Mystical archetype/category,Theological category,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"The ""Perfect (or Complete) Human"": the microcosm who fully realises the divine names and serves as the isthmus between God and creation. The Islamic counterpart of the cosmic Anthropos and the Kabbalistic Adam Kadmon.",sage
ENT_SUF_ISHRAQ,Ishraq,,Islamic/Sufi,Mystical doctrine/category,Mystical knowledge/category,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Illumination: Suhrawardi's metaphysics in which reality is graded light emanating from the Light of Lights, and knowledge is direct illuminative presence rather than discursive proof.",sage
ENT_SUF_MAHABBA,Mahabba,,Islamic/Sufi,Mystical love/category,Mystical love,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Selfless mystical love of God, the animating principle of the Sufi path; given its first doctrinal voice by Rabia al-Adawiyya.",sage
ENT_SUF_MARIFA,Marifa,,Islamic/Sufi,Mystical knowledge/category,Knowledge category,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Experiential, intuitive gnosis of God, distinct from discursive learning (ilm); systematised by Dhul-Nun al-Misri as the heart's direct knowing.",sage
ENT_SUF_QUSHAYRI,al-Qushayri,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi master/author,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri (d. 1074), author of al-Risala al-Qushayriyya, the classic manual that organised the stations (maqamat) and states (ahwal) and defended Sufism as orthodox.",sage
ENT_SUF_RUMI,Rumi,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi poet,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273), author of the Masnavi; the supreme Persian poet of love-mysticism, whose circle gave rise to the Mevlevi order of whirling dervishes and the practice of sama.",sage
ENT_SUF_SUHRAWARDI,Suhrawardi,,Islamic/Sufi,Sufi philosopher,Holy figure,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"Shihab al-Din Yahya al-Suhrawardi (d. 1191), ""al-Maqtul"" (the executed), Shaykh al-Ishraq; founder of Illuminationist (Ishraqi) philosophy, fusing Avicennan metaphysics with a symbolism of light drawn partly from ancient Persia.",sage
ENT_SUF_TARIQA,Tariqa,,Islamic/Sufi,Mystical path/category,Mystical path,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"The Sufi ""path"" of stations (maqamat) and states (ahwal) leading from the law (sharia) toward mystical realisation (haqiqa); later also the name for the institutional orders.",sage
ENT_SUF_WAHDAT_WUJUD,Wahdat al-Wujud,,Islamic/Sufi,Mystical doctrine/category,Theological category,,,,PER_ISL_CLASSICAL,A,reviewed,,,,,"The ""unity of being"": the Akbarian doctrine that there is only one true Being, of which all things are self-disclosures (tajalliyat). The central metaphysical teaching associated with Ibn al-Arabi.",sage