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@brianmclaren 19/ Endemic religious insistence on exclusivity presents a predictable challenge (Matt 5:17). The Eliatic function secures a larger field of reality functionally subverting the ontological as much as moral basis sustaining trans-denominational and trans-religious divisions.

...it is the function of the Imam, at the time of his appearance, to reveal the esoteric sense of all the Divine Revelations; it is precisely this which is the Qiyāmat (resurrection).” This function is perhaps best captured in titles the Ismaʿili authors used for the qāʾim, such as (lord of the final rising of liberation), (the lord of the final rising), (the qāʾim of the resurrection or simply, the resurrector), (the master of the resurrection), and (the master of the Cycle of Unveiling). Rather than bring a new sharīʿa, the qāʾim ushers in “the day the interpretation (of the Book) comes” signaling the end of one era and the commencement of another. “And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord. The Book will be laid open. The Prophet and the witnesses will be brought forward. It is judged between them with truth...The qāʾim and the qiyāma are two sides of the same coin: the latter a Quranic symbol for the former. The qiyāma is the qāʾim’s universal initiation.
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...it is the function of the Imam, at the time of his appearance, to reveal the esoteric sense of all the Divine Revelations; it is precisely this which is the Qiyāmat (resurrection).” This function is perhaps best captured in titles the Ismaʿili authors used for the qāʾim, such as (lord of the final rising of liberation), (the lord of the final rising), (the qāʾim of the resurrection or simply, the resurrector), (the master of the resurrection), and (the master of the Cycle of Unveiling). Rather than bring a new sharīʿa, the qāʾim ushers in “the day the interpretation (of the Book) comes” signaling the end of one era and the commencement of another. “And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord. The Book will be laid open. The Prophet and the witnesses will be brought forward. It is judged between them with truth...The qāʾim and the qiyāma are two sides of the same coin: the latter a Quranic symbol for the former. The qiyāma is the qāʾim’s universal initiation.

The “Book” of Elias is the integral Wisdom of the unanimous Tradition and the eschatological Manifestation of the unique Principle. Elias represents to the Jews the passage from their traditional exclusivism to the universality that they too possess, since they affirm that the Tishbite [Elias] will raise his voice so loud to announce spiritual peace that it will be heard from one end of the world to another; and the Doctors of the Law teach that “the just of all nations have their part in the future life’, and moreover that all “the men, who are not idolaters can be considered as Israelites.” Leo Schaya, “The Eliatic Function” – "He was named the Mahdī [the Guided One] as he will be guided to a hidden [khafī] matter: he will recover the Torah and other Books of God from a cave…then will he judge between the people of the Torah by the Torah, between the people of the Gospel by the Gospel…and between the people of the Quran [lit. al Furqān] by the Quran…” Zachary Markwith
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The “Book” of Elias is the integral Wisdom of the unanimous Tradition and the eschatological Manifestation of the unique Principle. Elias represents to the Jews the passage from their traditional exclusivism to the universality that they too possess, since they affirm that the Tishbite [Elias] will raise his voice so loud to announce spiritual peace that it will be heard from one end of the world to another; and the Doctors of the Law teach that “the just of all nations have their part in the future life’, and moreover that all “the men, who are not idolaters can be considered as Israelites.” Leo Schaya, “The Eliatic Function” – "He was named the Mahdī [the Guided One] as he will be guided to a hidden [khafī] matter: he will recover the Torah and other Books of God from a cave…then will he judge between the people of the Torah by the Torah, between the people of the Gospel by the Gospel…and between the people of the Quran [lit. al Furqān] by the Quran…” Zachary Markwith

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 12 Mar 2024

@JosephBottum @johnmilbank3 The issue then, reconciliation. Al-Farabi, Avicenna, Averroes, Ibn 'Arabi, Shah Wali Allah, Mulla Sadra and key Islamic poets comprehensively address the tension. Thanks, in part, to his context, al-Ghazali may have secured the fullest assimilative embrace at the planetary level.

1/ My impression, as 'planetary comparatist', is that Islam may be the boldest attempt to affirm both poles of this dilemma inherent in the prophetic tradition; that is, the suffering paradox uniting the authority of the past and authenticity of present experience; the gift of... 2/ ...the Book with the gift of individual autonomy and, yes, the truths sustaining Sunni and Shiite, sharia and tariqah, Sunni and Sufi... Meanwhile, Ghazali, our supreme theologian of consensus, recognizes a universal call to prophecy, with each according to their ability…
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1/ My impression, as 'planetary comparatist', is that Islam may be the boldest attempt to affirm both poles of this dilemma inherent in the prophetic tradition; that is, the suffering paradox uniting the authority of the past and authenticity of present experience; the gift of... 2/ ...the Book with the gift of individual autonomy and, yes, the truths sustaining Sunni and Shiite, sharia and tariqah, Sunni and Sufi... Meanwhile, Ghazali, our supreme theologian of consensus, recognizes a universal call to prophecy, with each according to their ability…

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @jonmsweeney In part because other traditions are relative later-to-the-game, stick-in-the-muds, the summation-of-all-faiths current is preeminently an Islamic love affair. As the most explicitly eschatological of Books, the Qu'ran seals an indisputable function announcing the phenomenon.Quoted by@jonmsweeney In part because other traditions are relative later-to-the-game, stick-in-the-muds, the summation-of-all-faiths current is preeminently an Islamic love affair. As the most explicitly eschatological of Books, the Qu'ran seals an indisputable function announcing the phenomenon.