Teaching of Ibn Arabi for Perfect Human and Its Effect on Assertions of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani

It seems defective and even impossible to perceive development of Islamic world without conception and recognition of gnostic and Sufi teachings during premodernist era. This claim has been particularly valid, especially among Muslims in Indian subcontinent because Sufis and leading characters (Qutbs) were assumed as the major factors in the fields of intellectual and sometimes political developments at this part of Islamic territory. Punjab land, which was considered as one of the energetic cultural and political bases for Muslims and as one of the important resistant centers against British colonialism before formation of Islamic State of Pakistan (1947), currently witnessed their intellectual and political effort at the end of the 19th century and early years of 20th century. Qadianiyeh denomination was one of the streams emerged at this point in Islamic world during discussed period and it was established by Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani. Primarily and in the process of clerical effort taken in Punjab, Ghulam Ahmad introduced oneself as a non-divinely prophet (i.e. prophet without divine revelation) ad after achieving some followers he called his mission as an independent prophet who possessed characteristics of a divine prophet. Due to the paradigms and doctrines that were called as unconventional and atheist by Muslim leaders in Punjab, he was excommunicated from Muslim community, but his claim could attract some followers among some of Muslim in this region. Reviews on his doctrines may indicate that regardless of expediencies of that time and political interests, the gnostic teaching of ‘Perfect Human’, which was proposed by great mystics in Islamic world and evolved by Ibn Arabi (1165-1240AD), has essentially affected formation of his paradigms. The present paper explains the quality and reason for this effect using descriptiveanalytical method and by means of librarian sources. Historical data have been derived from several references and studies in Urdu, Persian, Arabic and English in this paper.