Ibn Arabi Quotes on God
Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi was an Andalusian Sufi philosopher, mystic, and poet, often called the Greatest Master. This page collects quotes attributed to Ibn Arabi on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Ibn Arabi:
“My heart can take on any form: a meadow for gazelles, a cloister for monks, a temple for idols, the Kaaba of the pilgrim, the tablets of the Torah, the scrolls of the Quran. My creed is Love; wherever its caravan turns along the way, that is my belief.”
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Attributed to Ibn Arabi:
“He who knows himself knows his Lord.”
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Attributed to Ibn Arabi:
“When my Beloved appears, with what eye do I see Him? With His eye, not with mine, for none sees Him except Himself.”
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Attributed to Ibn Arabi:
“There is no being but God.”
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Attributed to Ibn Arabi:
“The Real is the inward of every outward and the outward of every inward.”