SëmiyÃÂâ (from Arabic Simah óÃÂàé which means sign Greek: ÃÂ÷üõïñ, "signs") also rà «á¸¥ÃÂniyya, or âÂÂilm al-ḥikma (, lit. "spirituality" and "the epistemology of wisdom", respectively) is a doctrine found commonly within Islam-occult traditions that may be deduced upon the notion of "linking the superior natures with the inferior...", and broadly described as theurgy.
This is confirmed further by al-Majrëá¹Âë, who claims to reveal the techniques by which it is possible to convoke the rà «á¸¥ÃÂniyya of the celestial bodies. Theologian Abà « ḤÃÂmid al-GhazÃÂlë, the preacher and writer al-KÃÂshifë, and the Sufi Muḥyë al-Dën Ibn al-'Arabë are amongst the most pre-eminent contributors. But al-Bà «në, author of the two-volume Shams al-MaâÂÂÃÂrif, is as likely as not a considerable focal point for the craft. The 13th-century Hermetic thinker had transcribed a whole corpus of material (called the âÂÂCorpus Bà «nianumâÂÂ), all of which was subsumed under the spiritual science, and a majority of his works are still used as prototypes for present-day magical practice and literature.
The term sëmiyÃÂâ was the synonym of rà «á¸¥ÃÂniyya, which meant 'spirituality'. This was to be contrasted with the more lesser conformed sorcery (siḥr), deemed forbidden in Islam.