Litating the coming into existence of creation. Comprising the vital con-duit for humankind’s existence in relation to the essence, the divine names … - Sa'diyya Shaikh

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Litating the coming into existence of creation. Comprising the vital con-duit for humankind’s existence in relation to the essence, the divine names simultaneously veil us from It. The divine essence is at once a profound and unknowable mystery and that from which all else derives its being. It is en-tirely transcendent, yet nothing in creation is separate from its qualities. It is the pervasive center in which all contradictions are transcended.

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About Sa'diyya Shaikh

Sa'diyya Shaikh (born 1969) is a South African scholar of Islam and feminist theory. She is a professor of religion at the University of Cape Town. She studies Sufism in relation to feminism and feminist theory. She is known for work on gender in Islam and 'Ibn Arabi.

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