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1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Mysticism, Bint al-Huda Higher Education Complex, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Bint al-Huda Higher Education Complex, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran.

Abstract

SUBJECT & OBJECTIVES: This article aims to examine the role of Islamic ontology in shaping and reinforcing the human sense of poverty and need for God. The objective is to foster and internalize the feeling of poverty and the need for the Absolute Sufficient God within humans, as the most honorable of creatures.
METHOD & FINDING: Utilizing verses from the Quran, narrations, and the philosophical and theological works of Muslim scholars, this article aims to describe and analytically gather relevant topics to explore certain ontological principles. The focus is on the divine attributes of perfection and the existential poverty of all beings before God. The findings of the research show that attention to these principles not only creates the feeling of human poverty and need for God but also enhances the ability to analyze and understand the truth, accepting human poverty and God's richness. This is expressed in the context of the relationship between the creator and the created, the emanator and the emanated, the theory of existential poverty, and the broader will and absolute power of God, thereby strengthening and manifesting these concepts. 
CONCLUSION: The results show that a correct and profound understanding of human poverty and absolute dependence on God leads individuals to seek the fulfillment of their needs and the attainment of perfection and pure life solely in the unlimited divine source.

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