The explanation and analysis of the principle of "the whole object in the whole object" to three readings in the mystical works of Imam Khomeini

Abstract

There is everything in everything” principle was established as a universal principle by Ibn al-Arabi and accepted by his commentators. This principle which is explained and justified from both existential and intuitive perspectives in Ibn al-Arabi's mystical heritage, has not appeared or argued directly in mystical works of Imam Khomeini. Explaining three issues, including Divine Breath (i.e. its presence in all beings and inclusion of all multiplicities and Names in it), Divine name (i.e. same-ness of the name and the named and the presence of all Divine names in every single divine name) and correspondence between human beings and all entities in the universe, this paper aims at analyzing this principle’s moments and besides the possibility of its acceptance in Imam Khomeini’s mysticism based on three interpretations. In a way that the referent of the word “shay” (thing) which has been repeated twice in this principle, maybe it is equivalent to Divine Breath i.e. all determinations of Being and Names (Names and humans or universe) or vice versa.