“Know that among the special qualities of the spirits (arwah) is whenever they touch anything life flows into it. This is why the Samiri (2) seized a handful of dust from the track of the messenger, who was Jibril, and he is the Spirit. The Samiri had knowledge of this matter. When he recognised that it was Jibril, he knew… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share
When you know yourself, your 'I'ness vanishes and you know that you and Allah are one and the same. — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks, And the pilgrim's Ka'ba,… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
“The Names of Allah are endless because they are known by what comes from them, and what comes from them is endless, even though they can be traced back to the limited roots which are the matrices of the Names or the presences of the Names. In reality, there is but one of the Names or the presences of the… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share
My creed is LOVE; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith. — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
“The universe is its own veil on itself and cannot perceive the Truth since it perceives itself. It is continuously in a veil which is not removed, since it knows that it is distinct from its Creator by its need of Him. It has no portion of that essential necessity which belongs to the existence of Allah, so it can… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man. — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
If you find it complicated to answer someone’s question, do not answer it, for his container is already full and does not have room… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
Each person is oriented toward a quest for his personal invisible guide, or . . . he entrusts himself to the collective, magisterial authority… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
“Isa brought the dead to life because he is the Divine Spirit, and bringing to life belongs to Allah. The breath which 'Isa has is like the breath which Jibril has. The word belongs to Allah. The bringing the dead to life by 'Isa is an actual revival inasmuch as it was manifested from his breath as he was manifested… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share
