Ibn 'Arabi Quotes

“Glory be to Him who veils Himself through His manifestation and manifests Himself through His veil!”
― William C. Chittick, Ibn 'Arabi: Heir to the Prophets

“ما أن يصبح واضحاً أن كل فهم، بما في ذلك الفهم العقدي و العلمي، هو مجرد فهم الإنسان لنفسه، فإن معرفة المرء لذاته العارفة تغدو أكثر إلحاحاً. و لذلك مرة أخرى، هذا هو المشروع الأساسي لابن عربي، أم يصف حدود النفس على أساس الموضوع الذي تشكل النفس صورة له، أو المعنى الذي هي صورة له.”
― وليم تشيتيك, Ibn 'Arabi: Heir to the Prophets

“The greatest sin is what brings about the heart’s death. It dies only by not knowing God. This is what is named “ignorance.”
― William C. Chittick, Ibn 'Arabi: Heir to the Prophets

“awareness”
― William C. Chittick, Ibn 'Arabi: Heir to the Prophets

“The greatest of the lovers, however, are those who constantly seek to augment their knowledge, in keeping with the Quranic command: „Say: „My Lord, increase me in knowledge“ (20:114). They increase their knowledge by never denying God‘s presence in any phenomenon and by never affirming his presence in anything whatsoever. Seeing with both eyes, they constantly recognize that all is „He/not He.“ They never let themselves fall into stasis and fixity, but flow with the constant unfolding of the universe. They recognize themselves and all things for what they are. (p.34)”
― William C. Chittick, Ibn 'Arabi: Heir to the Prophets

“Proper recitation of the Qur’an opens up the reader to new meanings at every reading. “When meaning repeats itself for someone who is reciting the Qur’an, he has not recited it as it should be recited. This is proof of his ignorance” (F. IV”
― William C. Chittick, Ibn 'Arabi: Heir to the Prophets

“The greatest sin is what brings about the heart’s death. It dies only by not knowing God. This is what is named “ignorance.” For the heart is the house that God has chosen for Himself in this human configuration. Someone like that, however, has misappropriated the house, coming between it and its Owner. He is the one who most wrongs himself, for he has deprived himself of the good that would have come to him from the Owner of the house – had he left the house to Him. This is the deprivation of ignorance. (F. III 179.6)”
― William C. Chittick, Ibn 'Arabi: Heir to the Prophets