“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… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
“Then the matter is as we have confirmed. So know that you are imagination and that which you perceive and of which you say, "It is not me" is also imagination. All of existence is imagination within imagination. True existence… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
“Know that among the special qualities of the spirits (arwah) is whenever they touch anything life flows into it. This is why the Samiri… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
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… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
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… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
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… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
