Ibn Arabi
Andalusian Sufi philosopher and mystic, born in Murcia in 1165 and the most influential Islamic metaphysician of the medieval world. Known as al-Shaykh al-Akbar ("The Greatest Master"), he developed the doctrine of wahdat al-wujud ("the unity of being") which has shaped Sufi thought from his time to ours. His vast corpus — the 560-chapter Futuhat al-Makkiyya (Meccan Revelations) and the densely poetic Fusus al-Hikam (Bezels of Wisdom) — explores the interpenetration of God and creation through the lens of the Perfect Human (al-Insan al-Kamil), the divine names, and the mirror of the heart. He died in Damascus in 1240.
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Quotes by Ibn Arabi
106 quotes“The lover's pain is the lover's joy. They are the same.”
paradoxTarjuman al-Ashwaq
“Whoever has tasted the wine of unity does not thirst again.”
unityTarjuman al-Ashwaq
“In the abode of love, every direction is qibla.”
loveTarjuman al-Ashwaq
“To whom does the world belong? To Him alone. To whom does the lover belong? To Him alone. They are not two.”
belongingFusus al-Hikam
“My religion is love. My faith is unity. My place of worship is the heart.”
religionTarjuman al-Ashwaq
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