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An interesting article I found written on whether the Quran teaches the doctrine of non-duality, to which the author argues in the affirmative. I would be curious to what some anons think about what the author notes about certain verses of the Quran appearing more metaphysical when translated in different (but apparently still correct) ways. Author notes and cites from Schuon, Nasr, Chittick etc.

http://www.perennialfoundation.org/resources/Documents/PDFs/Peter%20Samsel%20-%20Islam%20and%20the%20Vision%20of%20Non-Duality%20(1).pdf

conclusion

>That Islam bears within its own authoritative sources the essential doctrine of non-dualism is not
necessarily well recognized. Nevertheless, such a non-dual – or more properly unitive – vision is
absolutely central to the Qur’ān’s doctrinal presentation as well as to the broader Islamic spiritual
and intellectual tradition, as expressed most cogently in the metaphysics of tawḥīd and as given
witness to in the key Qur’ānic passages we have termed Qur’ānic mahāvākyas, in analogous
association with their Upaniṣadic and broader Vedāntic equivalents. Whether Vedāntic,
Qur’ānic or Schuonian, the potency of a lapidary, epigrammatic formulation – one that encapsulates
the essential meaning of metaphysical doctrine – to serve as a focus of contemplation
upon the Real so that It may be grasped in Its full significance is at once the point and the
promise of the mahāvākyas.