Do not praise your own faith exclusively so that you disbelieve all the rest. If you do this you will miss much good. Nay, you will miss the whole truth of the matter. God, the Omniscient and the Omnipresent, cannot be confined to any one creed, for He says in the Quran, wheresoever ye turn, there is the face of Allah. Everybody praises what he knows. His God is his own creature, and in praising it, he praises himself. Which he would not do if he were just, for his dislike is based on ignorance.
My heart can take on any form: A meadow for gazelles, A cloister for monks, For the idols, sacred ground, Ka'ba for the circling pilgrim, T… - Ibn Arabi
My heart can take on any form: A meadow for gazelles, A cloister for monks, For the idols, sacred ground, Ka'ba for the circling pilgrim, T…
- Ibn Arabi
Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is aff… - Ibn Arabi
Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is aff…
Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you - indeed, the knowledge of reality would elud… - Ibn Arabi
Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you - indeed, the knowledge of reality would elud…
The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own knowledge, for he basks in its li… - Ibn Arabi
The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own knowledge, for he basks in its li…
I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith. - Ibn Arabi
I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith.
Your personal nature seeks its paradise. - Ibn Arabi
Your personal nature seeks its paradise.
When you know yourself, your 'I'ness vanishes and you know that you and Allah are one and the same. - Ibn Arabi
When you know yourself, your 'I'ness vanishes and you know that you and Allah are one and the same.
I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union... I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden. - Ibn Arabi
I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union... I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden.
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man. - Ibn Arabi
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
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