The Theological and Spiritual relationship between Jesus Christ and John the Baptist in Sufism

Kenan Čemo - Izvorni znanstveni članak

Teološko-duhovna veza Ise (Isusa Krista) i Jahje (Ivana Krstitelja) u sufizmu

Abstract
The blessed prophets Yaḥyā (John the Baptist) and ʽĪsā (Jesus Christ), peace be upon them both, are not only considered in the Muslim tradition as the two penultimate prophets of God, but their appearance is also intended to herald the sacred history of the End of Time. In the paper under the title topic, we tried to recognize a somewhat neglected dimension of their prophetic mission from the point of view of Muslim theology, especially as initially observed by the great teachers of Sufism. It reveals to us their fundamental spiritual endowment, which especially shaped their prophetic mission. These endowments are manifested through the rhythms of the two wings of God's revelation in the sense of His understanding, and are revealed to us in the concepts of God's transcendence i.e. non-comparability (ar. tanzīh) and His immanence i.e. comparability and His anthropomorphism (ar. tashbīh). These two givens or realities will be personified in the personalities of these two voice-bearers as never before, and as such will be side by side, simultaneously interpenetrating, but still separate. Their metaphysical beginning will not only be clearly reflected throughout the entire sacred history, but will also shape the deepest individual human intimacy, which is ruled by fear and hope.

Sažetak
Blagoslovljeni se vjerovjesnici Jahja (Ivan Krstitelj) i Isa (Isus Krist), mir neka je na obojicu, u muslimanskoj tradiciji ne smatraju samo kao dva pretposljednja Božja vjerovjesnika, nego njihova pojava natrkriljuje i svetu povijest Kraja vremena. U ovom smo radu pokušali prepoznati jednu donekle zanemarenu dimenziju njihove glasničke misije iz vizure muslimanske teologije, posebice na onom tragu kojeg su prvi prepoznali veliki učitelji sufizma. Ona nam otkriva njihovu temeljnu duhovnu datost koja je navlastito oblikovala i njihovu poslaničku misiju. Te datosti se manifestiraju kroz ritmove dva krila Božjega objavljivanja u smislu Njegova poimanja, a otkrivaju nam se u konceptima Božje svenadilaznosti ili transcendencije (ar. tenzīh) i Njegove usporedivosti ili imanencije (ar. tešbīh). Ove dvije danosti će biti personificirane u osobama ove dvojice glasonoša kao nikada do tada i kao takve biti jedna uz drugu, istovremeno se prožimati, no još uvijek biti odvojene. Njihovo metafizičko počelo ne samo da će se sasvim jasno odražavati kroz cjelokopnu svetu povijest, nego će oblikovati i najdublju pojedinačnu ljudsku intimu kojom ravnaju fenomeni ili kategorije straha i nade.