Qutub
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- This article is about the term in Arabic. For the poem by Andrew D. Chumbley see Qutub: The Point.
Qutub is a Muslim Sufi word for a Perfect Master or true teacher. In Arabic it literally means "pivot, hub, or axis." The Qutub is the shaykh who provides a focus for spiritual teachings. [1] Other terms include Pir and Sarkar.
According to the Institute of Ismaili Studies (Ismaili is a branch of the Shīˤa sect of Islam), "In mystical literature, such as the writings of al–Tirmidhi, Abd al–Razzaq and Ibn al–‘Arabi (d. 1240), (Qutub or Qutb) refers to the most perfect human being (al–insan al–kamil) who is thought to be the universal leader of all saints, to mediate between the divine and the human and whose presence is deemed necessary for the existence of the world." [2]
The term "Qutub" was used by Meher Baba in refference to the five Perfect Masters: Sai Baba of Shirdi, Upasni Maharaj, Hazrat Babajan, Tajuddin Baba and Ganajan Maharaj.
The sate of a Qutub is called qutubiyat. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Ahmed, Nazeer. Islam in Global History: From the Death of Prophet Muhammed to the First World War, Xlibris Corporation, ISBN 0-7388-5966-4
- ^ A glossary of terms, The Institute of Islaimi Studies
- ^ God Speaks, Meher Baba, Dodd Meade, 1955, 2nd Ed. p.315
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