"My heart can be pasture for deer and……" — Ibn Arabi
"My heart can be pasture for deer and a convent for monks, a temple for idols and a Kaaba for the pilgrims. It is both the tables of the Torah and the Koran. It professes the religion of Love wherever its caravans are heading. Love is my law. Love is my faith."
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Ibn Arabi
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17 Quotes by Ibn Arabi
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My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks,…
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While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah's bounties, which come to you…
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Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to…
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None but God is loved in the exist- ent things. It is He who is manifest within every beloved to…
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Each person is oriented toward a quest for his personal invisible guide, or . . . he entrusts himself to…
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You are My sight, so have faith. You are My Face, so veil yourself
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If you find it complicated to answer someone’s question, do not answer it, for his container is already full and…
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The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see…
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I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my…
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Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you - indeed,…
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There was a time, when I blamed my companion if his religion did not resemble mine. Now, however, my heart…
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How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
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