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completion; Even a complete called perfect human in
person needs to reach Ibn Arabi's teachings.
perfection. (Zekrgoo, 2011) (Mahmoodi, 2012)
The second point is that The other human beings are
when we are talking about not perfect and they are called
human perfection, we mean animals; It means that only
the highest level of perfection those who attain the level of
that a man can reach. In Ibn perfect man, are human
Arabi's mysticism, man has beings, the others who are far
different levels, he can be from this level, are animals.
lower than animals or higher (Ibn Arabi, 1972, Vol. 2: 468)
than angels. Based on this, although we
From Ibn Arabi's can distinguish the animal
viewpoint, we can define man man from other animals
in two different levels of through their shape and
perfection: appearance, we cannot
The first level can be distinguish the perfect man
common among all human from other human beings
beings, based on this level all through his appearance.
mankind has perfect creation; (Alsharif, 2022)
It means the cosmic presence, In other words, Ibn Arabi
which is also called Takwini. believes in different degrees
The second level is only for of perfection in human
individuals (Divine presence); beings; the first level which is
It means that only a small the highest level of perfection
group of people can reach this is “Hagigah al-Muhammadiyah”,
level of perfection, which is or the degree of Muhammad,
