University of Qom Journal of Philosophical Theological Research 1735-9791 20 4 2018 12 22 A Study of the Term “Hurqalya” according to Shaykh Ahmad Ahsai’s Intellectual System A Study of the Term “Hurqalya” according to Shaykh Ahmad Ahsai’s Intellectual System 25 47 1261 10.22091/pfk.2019.2275.1694 FA Aynullah Khademi Professor, Department of philosophy and theology, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-1795-0713 Alireza Arabi PhD candidate, Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2017 07 10 The views of Shaykh Ahmad bin Zaynuddin Ahsai have raised extensive debates regarding some intellectual discussions. One of the keywords of his intellectual system is the term “Hurqalya” which has also been used among the scholars before Shaykh Ahsai like for example, Shaykh Ishraq. While addressing the historical background of the research, the writer indicates Ahsai’s meaning of “Hurqalya” in different instances in his works through a brief study of the term both in lexicological terms as well as in the specific context of Shaykh Ahsai and shows that it indicates the Imaginal world and the world of Ideas. Apart from this, sometimes the word is used in more a more specific meaning to indicate the cosmos of the Imaginal world. Similarly, while studying these two common uses of the term “hurqalya” in different works of Ahsai and explaining its characteristics in more detail, the writer strives to extract its characteristics in order to clarify its relation to the Imaginal world and to show the differences between Shaykh Ahsai’s views in comparison to other scholars, particularly with the philosophers before him. The views of Shaykh Ahmad bin Zaynuddin Ahsai have raised extensive debates regarding some intellectual discussions. One of the keywords of his intellectual system is the term “Hurqalya” which has also been used among the scholars before Shaykh Ahsai like for example, Shaykh Ishraq. While addressing the historical background of the research, the writer indicates Ahsai’s meaning of “Hurqalya” in different instances in his works through a brief study of the term both in lexicological terms as well as in the specific context of Shaykh Ahsai and shows that it indicates the Imaginal world and the world of Ideas. Apart from this, sometimes the word is used in more a more specific meaning to indicate the cosmos of the Imaginal world. Similarly, while studying these two common uses of the term “hurqalya” in different works of Ahsai and explaining its characteristics in more detail, the writer strives to extract its characteristics in order to clarify its relation to the Imaginal world and to show the differences between Shaykh Ahsai’s views in comparison to other scholars, particularly with the philosophers before him. https://pfk.qom.ac.ir/article_1261_8c4c1a3117ee1a9e0f9fc3530c1fb8da.pdf