Hamzah Fansuri’s Critique of Aura

Yusri Mohamad Ramli

doi:10.17576/ijrah.2023.0201.07

Authors

Yusri Mohamad Ramli a secara tabula rasa. 1 A version of this work had been presented in the 4 th International Seminar on Islamic Thought on the 10th of May 2023 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. 2 Yusri Mohamad Ramli * Ph.D. (Corresponding Author), Senior Lecturer at the Research Centre for Theology & Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, BANGI, Selangor, MALAYSIA. Email: yusri_mr@ukm.edu.my 73 Oleh itu, u Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17576/ijrah.2023.0201.07

Article History

Received	17 January 2023	Accepted	17 April 2023
Revised	18 March 2023	Published	30 June 2023
Volume	2	Pages	73-79

Keywords:

Aura Hamzah Fansuri Sufism Tantra

Abstract

Spiritualism is part of Malay tradition since before the coming of Islam to the region especially through Hindu tantric practices. The most celebrated Malay Sufi, Hamzah Fansuri in his poems criticizes certain aspects of the spiritual traditions among Malays. One of the interesting spiritual devices that catches his attention is aura. Through analysis of the content from his poetic works, this article attempts to explain to what extent did Hamzah Fansuri appraise the science of aura.

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