Ibn al-‘Arabi · Theology
Ibn al-‘Arabi’s most famous and most radical verses declare a heart ‘capable of every form’ - a temple for idols, a Christian convent, the Kaaba, the Torah, the Qur’an - following only ‘the religion of Love.’ This lesson unfolds what that means, and what it does not.
You learned that Ibn al-‘Arabi’s ‘religion of Love’ flows from his metaphysics: because every sincere belief catches some facet of the one Real (the ‘God created in beliefs’), the heart polished into a complete mirror can recognise God in every form of worship; the error is not having a form bu…
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