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and displayed only reluctance and also   this region.  It was written in 1590 by   lofty stages: ahadiyyah, wahdah, and   ‘Ali al-Jawi al-Fansuri(?)’s al-Mawahib   Jong Java congress in
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 marginalized heterodox tendencies.   the Indian scholar, Fadl Allah al-Hindi al-  wahidiyyahare aspectsthat belong to   al-Mustarsalah ‘ala al-Tuhfah, and   December 1929.
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 Remaining objections could also vary   Burhanpuri (d. 1620). He introduced the   God Himself, whereas the other four   ‘Abd al-Samad al-Falimbani’s al-  Source: Dengan
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 from the simply rejection of ideas up to   foundation of the mystic-philosophical   lofty stages represent external aspects   Mulakhkhas ila al-Tuhfah (in Malay).   Semangat Berkobar:
 extremist repudiation forcingopposing   concept that God is a Being Whose   leading to worldly manifestation, which   These commentaries generally tryto   Nasionalisme dan
 factions to resort torepressive actions.   shadow is present in seven emanating   is phenomenal. In addition to offering   offer detailed explanations on the mystic-  Gerakan Pemuda
 Many forms of rejection and orthodox-  dignified, i.e. Ahadiyyah, Wahdah,   brief but clear definitions as well as   philosophical concepts that were briefly   di Indonesia 1918-
 heterodox contestation not only occurred   Wahidiyyah, Alam al-Arwah, Alam   an explanation of the aspects within   addressed in theal-Tuhfah al-Mursalah.  1930 (Blazing Vigor:
 in the Malay regions and in specific   al-Mithal, Alam al-Ajsam, and al-Insan   the concept ofthe seven martabat,   In Indonesian Sufism, al-Tuhfah al-  Nationalism and Youth
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 periods in the past, but also spilled   al-Kamil.  al-Burhanpuri also added the clear   Mursalah became authoritative. This was   Movement in Indonesia),
 over other the regions like in Java, in   Al-Tuhfah al-Mursalah is a brief treatise   conclusion that the highest spiritual   the result of a process that started in   2003.
 subsequent periods, even up to the   of only ten pagesand is thus a “nubdhah”   achievement can only be attained   the early 17th century when Indian Sufis
 present. 22  or “summary” of mystical notions. It   through the monotheistic utterance of la   studied the text and members of the
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 resemblesa cocktail of a variety of   ilaha illallah.  jama’at al-jawiyyin (Muslim community of
 Al-Tuhfah al-Mursalah:    sources and needed to identify the   The next development was that the   the Indonesian archipelago) joined them.
 The Mystic-Philosophical   key-concepts ofmystical thought. For   al-Tuhfah al-Mursalah matured into   of the doctrine of existential monism (tawhīd
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 Conflict in the Archipelago  Sufis, the al-Tuhfah al-Mursalahwas   several other texts that served as   al-wujud) written in the Malay-Indonesian
 important as it summarized and   commentaries such as al-Haqiqah   context. Itwill be specifically discused below.
 As far as common knowledge on the   simplified Ibn ‘Arabi’s weighty mystical   al-Muwafiqah li al-Shari‘a written by   See Fathurrahman 2011, pp. 177-198, also
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 early history of Islam in the archipelago   ideas into the mystical concept of the   Burhanpuri himself, ‘Abd al-Ghani ibn   Fathurrahman (2002).
 goes, al-Tuhfah al-Mursalah ila Ruh   seven dignified stages. The first three   Isma’il al-Nabulusi’sNukhbat al-Mas’alah   29.  This text was influential not only the Malay
                                                 region, but also in Java. One manuscript of the text
 al-Nabi (The Gift Bestowed upon the   23. For several manuscript copies of this text,   Sharh al-Tuhfah al-Mursalah, Ibrahim al-  has a translation in Javanese in Pegon script.
 Prophet’sSpirit) is the earliest text that   along with commentaries in various languages,   Kurani’sIthaf al-Dzaki bi Sharh al-Tuhfah   30. In some sources, thebook is entitled Tuhfat
 circulated among the Muslim society in   see P. Voorhoeve, Handlist of Arabic Manuscripts   al-Mursalah ila al-Nabi, ‘Abd al-Rauf ibn   al-Mursalah, which is similar with theoriginal
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 in the Library of the University of Leiden and other   text. See, for example, H.W.M.Syagir Abdullah,
 22.  In this context, the term orthodoxy is often   Collections in the Netherlands (Leiden: Leiden   26. Fadl Allah al-Burhanpuri, al-Tuhfah al-Mursalah   Penyebaran Tarekat-tarekat Syufiyah al-
 related to the school considered true based   University Press, 1980), pp. 380-382.  ila Ruh al-Nabi, Collection of the Surau Calau   Mu’tabarah di Dunia Melayu (Kuala Lumpur:
 oncontemporary norms, where as heterodoxy   24. Handwritten manuscripts of al-Tuhfah al-  Sijunjung, West Sumatra, p. 1-5.  Khazanah Fathaniyah, 2000, p. 233). However,
 refers to the opposite schools that were thus   Mursalah are preserved in the British Library   al-Falimbani wrote in this text, “...I namethis
 considered wrong, and even misleading. In the   (Ad 12305) and Leiden University Library (Cod.   27.  Manuscripts of this text can be found in public   treatise Mulakhkhas li al-Tuhfah...” (p. 257). For a
 Encyclopedia of Religion, orthodoxy is defined   Or. 5594). For an edition of thetext, along with   and private libraries. See for example, manuscript   brief analysis of thetext see Oman Fathurrahman,
 as “correct and sound belief according to an   a Javanese version written in the poetic form of   Cod.Or. 2846 in Leiden University Library   “Penulis dan Penerjemah Ulama Palembang”
 authoritative norm”, while heterodoxy means   tembang macapat, see Anthony Johns, The Gift   mentioned in P. Voorhoeve’s Handlist, p. 108. The   in Henry Chamber-Loir [ed.] Sadur: Sejarah
 “belief in a doctrine differing from the norm”, see   Addressed to the Spirit of the Prophet (Canberra:   last identified manuscript is part of thecollection of   Terjemahan di Indonesia dan Malaysia (Jakarta:
 S. Mc Donough, “Ortodoxy and Heterodoxy” in L.   Australian National University, 1965).  Surau Calau Sijunjung, West Sumatra.  KPG, EFEO in cooperation with the Forum
 Jones [ed.] Encyclopedia of Religion v. 10 (Detroit:   28. This text can be considered one of the most   Jakarta-Paris, Pusat Bahasa, and Padjadjaran
 Macmillan Reference, 2005), p. 6909.  25. Johns, The Gift Addressed..., p. 6.  important Arab sources as it givesaninterpretation   University Bandung, 2009), p. 1052-1053.



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