God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
IBN ARABII am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union… I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden.
More Ibn Arabi Quotes
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Each person is oriented toward a quest for his personal invisible guide, or he entrusts himself to the collective, magisterial authority as the intermediary between himself and Revelation.
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I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith.
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How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
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I follow the Way of Love, and where Love’s caravan takes its path, there is my religion, my faith.
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There was a time, when I blamed my companion if his religion did not resemble mine. Now, however, my heart accepts every form….Love alone is my religion.
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I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union… I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden.
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You are My sight, so have faith. You are My Face, so veil yourself.
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Your personal nature seeks its paradise.
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While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah’s bounties, which come to you from myriads of hands.
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My creed is LOVE; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith.
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Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is affected by the negativities of constant objections. Certainty(al-yaqin) does not derive from the evidences of the mind but pours out from the depths of the heart.
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If you find it complicated to answer someone’s question, do not answer it, for his container is already full and does not have room for the answer.
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The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own knowledge, for he basks in its light.
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My heart can take on any form: A meadow for gazelles, A cloister for monks, For the idols, sacred ground, Ka’ba for the circling pilgrim, The tables of the Torah, The scrolls of the Quran. My creed is Love; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith.
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Oh, Lord, nourish me not with love, but with the desire for love.
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