Spiritual Dimensions of a Marital Union in Islam

Abstract The concept of marriage (zawaj, nikah) is one of those Qur'anic narratives that requires a meticulous examination of various terms that are directly or indirectly related to the subject in question. Since the marriage in Islam is impregnated with spiritual connotations, apart from its...

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Published inReligions (Dawḥah, Qatar) no. 18; pp. 97 - 109
Main Author Mrahorovic, Senad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Doha Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue 01.04.2024
Subjects
Islam
Marriage
Men
Muslims
Personal relationships
Philosophers
Principles
Quran
Religion
Spiritualism
Spirituality
Women
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Summary:Abstract The concept of marriage (zawaj, nikah) is one of those Qur'anic narratives that requires a meticulous examination of various terms that are directly or indirectly related to the subject in question. Since the marriage in Islam is impregnated with spiritual connotations, apart from its legal status and understanding, Muslim scholars have expanded its strict juristic domain to that of spiritual psychology, cosmology, and metaphysics. [...]when approaching the subj ect of marriage from the spiritual point of view one has to deal not only with the juristic terminology of marriage such as nikah and zawaj and its derivatives, but also with a range of other terms such as the notions of azwaj (the creation in pair), ruh (spirit), nafs (soul), qalb (heart), fitrah (primordial nature) al-samawat wa al- ard (heaven and earth) and others, all of which philosophers and spiritualists among Muslim scholars and exegetes used to provide a holistic interpretation of the concept of marriage in Islam. According to the Qur'anic usage of these terms, we can assert that the concept of marriage in Islam applies not only to human beings, in which case it is understood as a societal institution sanctioned by cultural or religious principles, but also to all kinds of entities within the created order of reality as the Qur'an proclaims: "Glory be to the One Who created all things in pairs be it what the earth produces, their genders, or what they do not know!" (Qur'an, 36:36). [...]duality not only in physical feature of human being, dividing it into male and female, but also in its spiritual domain that resemble both, divine and demonic tendencies in eschatological terms.
ISSN:2218-7480