المَلَكُوتُ

Al-Malakoot

The Exalted Governance

Metaphysical perspective

The word Malakoot مَلَكُوتُ is derived from “ malaka مَلَكَ” in the past tense, which literally means “he possessed” or “he owned” Other derivatives of “Malakoot مَلَكُوتُ” is “mulk مُلك” which means ownership or having an authority over something. In addition, other derivative of “malakoot” is Malik مَلِك and Maalik مالِكِ where both are represented in Surat al Fatiha- Quran Chapter 1″ which means “King” and or  “Owner” respectively.

Throughout history many attempts were made by both major Muslim groups Sunni and Shi’a towards Muslim Unity. Some success could be seen but overall the prospects of true Muslim unity seem to diminish so long as both sides continues on the same path and the cynical perceptions of each other. To further shed some light on this bitter dispute among these major Muslim sects I came across a “Journal” dedicated to Muslim Unity called “altaqrib” which reflects the Shi’a Muslim approach and perception of the method of achieving Muslim unity. I found many articles worth reading.  I will post some articles written by Some respectful Shia scholars in order to have a good look at the shi’a stand point from this dispute. I will not post such articles in its entirety because they are very long rather I will post part of it and if anyone desires the entire article please provide your email and I will attach the entire journal of this topic.

The perception of the Truth

An intellectually defined truth is not Real by necessity, for any given definition of the Truth is bounded by the specific intellectual constraints. Hence such definition of the Truth is mere relative and not absolute.

When our intellect claims that it knows the Absolute Truth then such claim, necessarily do not represent the Absolute Truth, in the absolute sense. For such claim is only sought by the material intellect, which is veiled from the Ultimate Truth.

But when the intellect claims that it is striving to pursue the Ultimate Truth then such attempts represent the journey towards the Ultimate Truth. For in this journey the material intellect-al’aql al-maaddi, would not venture into these high Realities rather the Divine intellect-al’aql al Qudsi, is more suitable to explore such journey. The Divine Intellect does not dare to claim that it knows the Truth, for the Exalted nature of the Truth enables this Divine Intellect to perceive its irrelevancy in relation to the Ultimate Truth.

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