Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

imkān-i ashraf (Sufi Terminology)

Imkān-i ashraf (the principle of the noblest possibility) refers to the following point mentioned by the Shaykh (Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī al-Maqtūl) in his other works: When there exists a lower possibility, it is …

Imkān-i ashraf (the principle of the noblest possibility) refers to the following point mentioned by the Shaykh (Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī al-Maqtūl) in his other works: When there exists a lower possibility, it is necessary that a more valuable possibility also exists prior to it. (Hayākil, 98)