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al-Insān al-kāmil

The perfect human: the human being who fully manifests the divine names, the goal of the Sufi path.

Also: Insan kamil, the perfect man

Sufism and Islamic thought

The perfect human, a concept developed by Ibn ʿArabī and ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Jīlī, is the one in whom all the divine names are perfectly reflected, a mirror in which God sees himself. The Prophet Muhammad is its supreme example; the saints realize it in their degree.