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Introduction the Divine Manifestation and
Manifestation (Tajalli) in lexical the spiritual journey of the
meaning indicates to the disclosure wayfarer. In other words, the
and appearance of a thing. more the traveller is spiritually
(Ibn Faris, 1984, Vol. 1: 468) pure the more the Divine
Manifestation technically is manifests to him.
the illumination of the Grace’s The manifestation term goes
lights of the Supreme over the back to the Holy Quran and
hearts of His followers. (Abou Nasr some hadiths. This word with its
Siraj Tusi, 2000: 363) different derivations has been
Manifestation in Islamic mysticism mentioned in the five Quranic
is of two kinds: Existential and verses: Verse 143 of Surah “A'raf”,
behavioral. Existential manifestation verse 187 of Surah “A'raf”,
is the permanent manifestation verse 3 of Surah “Hashr”,
of the Supreme Being, and on verse 3 of Surah “Shams”,
the basis of the external name, verse 2 of Surah “Lil”. The most
the universe and its various known one of these five verses
levels, according to their capacity is the verse 143 of Surah “A'raf”:
and predisposition, appear. As “When the Lord manifested
for the intuitive (behavioral) His Glory to the mountain,
manifestation, it means the He turned it into dust
revelation of the Essence, and and Moses fell down
His attributes and actions over upon his face senseless”.
the wayfarer’s inner-self. This (Quran, 7: 143)
kind of manifestation is related Manifestation has been studied
to the nature of the traveler’s
knowledge, and capacity which in philosophy, whether in the
refers to the relationship between intellectual peripatetic philosophy
