Ibn Arabi Quotes on Knowledge
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 knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Ibn Arabi:
“He who knows himself knows his Lord.”
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Attributed to Ibn Arabi:
“Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you.”
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“Every self-manifestation bestows a new creation and removes a pre-ceding creation. Its removal is the essence of annihilation (fanaa) in the passing self-manifestation and subsistence (baqaa) in the bestowal of the following self-manifestation.”
Binyamin Abrahamov.Ibn Al-Arabi's Fusus Al-Hikam: An Annotated Translation of "The Bezels of Wisdom" p. 92, كلَّ تجلٍّ يعطي خلقًا جديدًا ويذهب بخلق: فذهابه هو الفناء عند التجلِّي والبقاء لما يعطيه التجلِّي الآخر Bezels of Wisdom (فصوص الحكم) -
“Binyamin Abrahamov.Ibn Al-Arabi's Fusus Al-Hikam: An Annotated Translation of "The Bezels of Wisdom" p. 92, كلَّ تجلٍّ يعطي خلقًا جديدًا ويذهب بخلق: فذهابه هو الفناء عند التجلِّي والبقاء لما يعطيه التجلِّي الآخر Bezels of Wisdom (فصوص الحكم)”
Every self-manifestation bestows a new creation and removes a pre-ceding creation. Its removal is the essence of annihilation (fanaa) in the passing self-manifestation and subsistence (baqaa) in the bestowal of the following self-manifestation. -
“أدين بدين الحب أنَّى توجهتْ ركائبه، فالحب ديني وإيماني,”
I take love as my religion wherever its caravans lead, for love is my religion and my faith. -
“His is the wisdom of singularity because he is the most perfect existent in the human species. That is why the whole affair began with him and is sealed with him. For he was a prophet while Adam was between water and clay. Then, in his elemental configuration, he was the Seal of the Prophets. And three is the first of the singulars. Every singular beyond one derives from it.”
About Muhammad , Fușūş al-ḥikam , as quoted by Sachiko Murata , The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought (1992), p. 188.