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The Seven Days of the Heart: Prayers for the Nights and Days of the Week
Providing a precious glimpse into the real practice of the mystical life within the Sufi tradition, this volume marks the first time any of Ibn ‘Arabi's prayers have been translated into another language. The 14 prayers include not only the most astounding expressions of devotion and contemplation, but also an unparalleled depth of knowledge of union. The very structure of the prayers is itself a mode of contemplation, making for a unique spiritual experience.
136 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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Ibn ʿArabi
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Universally known by the title of "Muhyi al-Din" (The Reviver of the Religion) and "al-Shaykh al-Akbar" (The Greatest Shaykh) Ibn 'Arabī (Arabic: ابن عربي) (July 28, 1165 - November 10, 1240) was an Arab Sufi Muslim mystic and philosopher. His full name was Abū 'Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-`Arabī al-Hāṭimī al-Ṭā'ī (أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن محمد بن العربي الحاتمي الطائي).
Muhammad ibn al-Arabi and his family moved to Seville when he was eight years old. In 1200 CE, at the age of thirty-five, he left Iberia for good, intending to make the hajj to Mecca. He lived in Mecca for some three years, where he began writing his Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Illuminations). In 1204, he left Mecca for Anatolia with Majd al-Dīn Isḥāq, whose son Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qunawī (1210-1274) would be his most influential disciple.
In 1223, he settled in Damascus, where he lived the last seventeen years of his life. He died at the age of 76 on 22 Rabi' II 638 AH/November 10, 1240CE, and his tomb in Damascus is still an important place of pilgrimage.
A vastly prolific writer, Ibn 'Arabī is generally known as the prime exponent of the idea later known as Waḥdat al-Wujūd (literally Unity of Being), though he did not use this term in his writings. His emphasis was on the true potential of the human being and the path to realising that potential and becoming the perfect or complete man (al-insān al-kāmil).
Some 800 works are attributed to Ibn 'Arabā, although only some have been authenticated. Recent research suggests that over 100 of his works have survived in manuscript form, although most printed versions have not yet been critically edited and include many errors.
Universally known by the title of "Muhyi al-Din" (The Reviver of the Religion) and "al-Shaykh al-Akbar" (The Greatest Shaykh) Ibn 'Arabī (Arabic: ابن عربي) (July 28, 1165 - November 10, 1240) was an Arab Sufi Muslim mystic and philosopher. His full name was Abū 'Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-`Arabī al-Hāṭimī al-Ṭā'ī (أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن محمد بن العربي الحاتمي الطائي).
Muhammad ibn al-Arabi and his family moved to Seville when he was eight years old. In 1200 CE, at the age of thirty-five, he left Iberia for good, intending to make the hajj to Mecca. He lived in Mecca for some three years, where he began writing his Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Illuminations). In 1204, he left Mecca for Anatolia with Majd al-Dīn Isḥāq, whose son Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qunawī (1210-1274) would be his most influential disciple.
In 1223, he settled in Damascus, where he lived the last seventeen years of his life. He died at the age of 76 on 22 Rabi' II 638 AH/November 10, 1240CE, and his tomb in Damascus is still an important place of pilgrimage.
A vastly prolific writer, Ibn 'Arabī is generally known as the prime exponent of the idea later known as Waḥdat al-Wujūd (literally Unity of Being), though he did not use this term in his writings. His emphasis was on the true potential of the human being and the path to realising that potential and becoming the perfect or complete man (al-insān al-kāmil).
Some 800 works are attributed to Ibn 'Arabā, although only some have been authenticated. Recent research suggests that over 100 of his works have survived in manuscript form, although most printed versions have not yet been critically edited and include many errors.
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December 5, 2010
Feed your heart in conversation with someone harmonious with it; seek spiritual advancement from one who is advanced. Seeking...
For centuries these prayers have been recited by men and women alike. The metaphysical understandings help us to know and in turn how to "talk" to God.
What an amazing week this has been for me. A quiet, calm repose in a sea of uncertainty that we call this world.
Al-hamdu li 'Llah.
For centuries these prayers have been recited by men and women alike. The metaphysical understandings help us to know and in turn how to "talk" to God.
What an amazing week this has been for me. A quiet, calm repose in a sea of uncertainty that we call this world.
Al-hamdu li 'Llah.
October 25, 2019
I am slowly but steadily stepping my toe into this ocean of spirituality and wisdom and I have to say that the more I venture into it the more I am intrigued and the more I feel that I don’t know anything. Reading these awrad or prayers is a soothing balm but a rabbit hole that I am slipping into and I don’t know where I will go next.
October 28, 2017
Prayers for Lifetime!
March 6, 2020
Poem offerings from the self to the Self.
March 16, 2016
Amazing prayers like all Ibn Arabi prayers. From the Heart, simple but deep.
You never finish this book as you repeat the prayers daily. They are marked by evening of the day to come, and morning of the day.
This book is by my bedside and I read it twice daily.
A must got any Sufi.
You never finish this book as you repeat the prayers daily. They are marked by evening of the day to come, and morning of the day.
This book is by my bedside and I read it twice daily.
A must got any Sufi.
September 8, 2016
Amazing poetic and metaphysical prayers. His corpus would elucidate the Truths hidden underneath these paradoxical words, but not even that guarantees comprehension: one must Taste this Sapience, and the One who Taste's and that which is Tasted, He alone is.
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