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waḥdat ash-shuhūd
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waḥdat ash-shuhūd

Ṣūfī doctrine
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  • Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī

    …instead advanced the notion of waḥdat ash-shuhūd (the concept of unity of vision). According to this doctrine, any experience of unity between God and the world he has created is purely subjective and occurs only in the mind of the believer; it has no objective counterpart in the real world.…

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    …instead advanced the notion of waḥdat ash-shuhūd (the concept of unity of vision). According to this doctrine, any experience of unity between God and the world he has created is purely subjective and occurs only in the mind of the believer; it has no objective counterpart in the real world.…

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