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(
c.
1365/6–
c.
1412 (AH 767–815)).
A Muslim mystic who was a follower of
Ibn al-‘Arab
's
system and wrote the
S
f
treatise
Al-Ins
n al-K
mil
(The Perfect Man), dealing with cosmic, metaphysical, and ontological problems.
J
l
elaborated the doctrine of
Mu
ammad
as the
Logos
, the Perfect Man (
al-Ins
n-al-K
mil
). This absolutely Perfect Man is the Prophet Mu
ammad, and in every age the Perfect Men are an outward manifestation of the essence of Mu
ammad. Mu
ammad should be loved and adored as the most perfect manifestation of the Lord.