Eternal Ferment and Critique of Eastern-Western Interpretation of Suhrawardi's Wisdom of Illumination

The teachings of the Suhrawardi's Illumination wisdom have always been of interest to prominent Islamic and Western thinkers and scholars; In the contemporary period, two Western scholars in the field of Islamic philosophy have presented influential research on the teachings of the wisdom of Illumination; One of them is Henry Corbin, the author of the book "En Islam Iranian: Aspects spirituels et philosophiques", and the other is John Walbridge, the author of several works on the wisdom of Illumination, including the book The Wisdom of the Mystical East. In Suhrawardi's Wisdom of Illumination, an important interpretation of the "Eternal Ferment" has been used, which is related to the two interpretations of "Khosravani's Wisdom" and "Pythagorean Wisdom"; And this connection has become the basis for each of the mentioned scholars to interpret the teachings of the wisdom of Illumination with Iranian and Greek roots; In the book, Henry Corbin introduces Suhrawardi's goal of establishing the Wisdom of Illumination as reviving the wisdom of ancient Iran, and John Walbridge emphasizes the Greek roots of the Wisdom of Illumination in his work. An analysis of the content of the "Eternal Ferment" and its relation to the teachings of the Illumination wisdom shows that neither the Eastern interpretation of Henry Corbin nor the Western interpretation of Wall Bridge is correct; In this article, we will explain the claim itself, evidence and reasons for this statement.