Quantum-Relational ʿIrfān A Contemporary Reinterpretation of Islamic Mystical Metaphysics through Relational Ontology and Probabilistic Models
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) December 28, 2025 Majid Karimi Baghmaleki
A new theoretical framework called Quantum-Relational ʿIrfān (QRI) reinterprets Islamic mystical metaphysics by blending classical doctrines of unity with contemporary relational ontology. Classical thinkers like Ibn ʿArabī and Mullā Ṣadrā articulated sophisticated views of unity and multiplicity but relied on hierarchical, essentialist structures. Drawing on post-Heideggerian relational ontology, process metaphysics, phenomenology, and quantum-inspired models of indeterminacy, QRI reconceives the Real as a relational-probabilistic field, mystical experience as the actualization of relational potentials, and mystical knowledge (maʿrifa) as co-emergent. The framework offers a philosophically robust platform for Islamic mystical thought to engage modern discourse without reducing spirituality to physics.