ta'wīl (English spelling) tawil

Japanese: ta'wīl(英語表記)tawil
ta'wīl (English spelling) tawil

…He lost the favor of the court with the fall of the Barmak family, but was active until the time of Ma'mun. His alchemy was based on the orthodox Hermetic alchemy, which performs the self-return of the world soul through the manipulation of material transformation, and is based on the Shiite method of metaphorical interpretation (ta'wīl), which uses what is external to reveal what is hidden within. The fundamental concept of his alchemy is that of equilibrium, which aims to establish the correct harmony between the various essences. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ta'wīl" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…バルマク家の没落とともに宮廷の寵を失ったが,マームーンの時まで活躍した。彼の錬金術は,物質変換の操作によって世界霊魂の自己還帰を行うというヘルメス的錬金術の正統を行くもので,外に現れたものによって内に秘められたものをあらわにするというシーア派的な〈比喩的解釈〉(ターウィールta’wīl)の方法によっている。その錬金術の根本概念は〈平衡mīzān〉の概念であり,これによって〈諸本性ṭabī‘āt〉の間の正しい調和をうちたてようとするものである。…

※「ta'wīl」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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