Aqlanism
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| Aqlanism | |
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| الاَقْلانيّ al-aqlaniyy | |
 Al-Aqlaniyy in the Qayami script. | |
| Type | Universal religion |
| Classification | TBD |
| Scripture | Haqiqah |
| Language | Qadami and Qayami |
| Territory | Mostly areas historically under Qayami control |
| Founder | Nura and Badr |
| Origin | c. 140 BCE Qaryah, Qayam |
| Followers | TBD Aqlani |
Aqlanism (Qayami: Al-Aqlaniyyah) is a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the Orphan Prophets and the Haqiqah.
Aqlani people believe that two orphan twins, Nura and Badr (born c. 140 BCE), were prophets of the deity Qa. They are believed to have received revelations about the nature of the universe, the divine, and sapient morality, all of which was collated in the Haqiqah. While Badr died as a young adult, Nura continued to have visions after his passing, and would give birth to 11 daughters during her lifetime. Her eldest, Ayah, took the title of Khalifah upon her passing in 63 BCE, assuming religious leadership of the Aqlani. The Khalifah has always been a descendant of Nura up to present day.
The Haqiqah teaches that those who live a good life according the principles it sets out will achieve wahda (unity), meaning their being will progressively be returned to the universe. Those who do not will face tams (obliteration, banishment), meaning their being will progressively be banished from the universe and obliterated, though this process can be reversed by sufficiently pious kin. The Aqlani believe that while Qa has already determined the future, Qa has done so for every possible path, hence leaving it to the individual to choose one.
Qa is generally depicted as a corvid, though Aqlani do not believe this is Qa's actual form. Religious scholars generally interpret Qa's form as unknowable, nonexistent, or spanning the universe. Nonetheless, corvids and other birds have come to occupy an important place in the faith. Customarily, places of worship will place bird feeders on their grounds, and some adherents abstain from eating winged creatures, though there is no such requirement in scripture.
The religion is majoritarily practiced in Qayam and Muštamarah, although there are significant populations in Axdel and Kinyonga. A plurality of Aqlani in the present day consider themselves mumin (believers) as opposed to mumarasah (practicing), meaning they seek to follow the Haqiqah and believe in Qa, but do not engage in active religious practices outside of major holidays and events. There are still substantial amounts of mumin in the world, even constituting a majority of Aqlani in Muštamarah. A growing number of adherents identify as "Agnostic Aqlani". These individuals generally focus on the teachings in scripture, and claim that the divine aspects of the religion are unknowable, thus being mostly irrelevant to their urthly lives.