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Islamic mysticism and present Therefore, there must
an application between the be something deeper,
Holy Trinity and God’s essence, more sublime, and uncreated,
monism and monotheism, a something without a
qualitative leap would undoubtedly measure or method in
occur in the field of mysticism and which the father himself
solving the Christian Trinity appears, meaning the
dilemma, especially Eckhart Son and the Holy Spirit”.
believes in the idea of the (Eckhart, 2009: 539)
perfect man and the children
of God, not just the son, And 2. The Manifestation of
in return to our topic Eckhart says: the Essence in Man
“By perception, God This research is considered
manifests to Himself, in one of the most important
perception God flows in researches at all after the study
Himself, in perception of the Self-unification
God flows in all things, (Tawhid), and as we have
in perception God created repeatedly pointed out more
everything, and if than once that mysticism is
perception was not in divided in the study of monism
God there was no triad and and monotheism, which is the
therefore no creature Perfect man, and the remaining
was created”. (Eckhart, issues are only branches from
2009: 455) it, as the Perfect man research
is the essence of the research
Regarding receiving this of the worlds of existence (Al-
flow in a more complete and wujud) and witnessing (Al-shuhud) as
honourable manner, Eckhart says: well, and this is a fact that we
“God is everywhere and have touched.
present at all times and In Islamic mysticism in general
in this field no creature and what we have seen in
can surround God or Christian mysticism especially
reflect His own goodness. in Eckhart, and the importance
