Ibn Al' Arabi: The Bezels of Wisdom
Publisher: Paulist Press

The Bezels of Wisdom: Fusus al-Hikam. Quoted in Corbin, Alone with the Alone, p. May 6, 2013 - 27 In his work on the Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn Arabi, Corbin quotes Abu Said al-Kharraz: “Whereby do you know God,” he was asked, to which he replied: “By the fact that he is the coincidentia oppositorum.” Ibn Arabi and Corbin often quote Abu Said al-Kharraz's saying: “I have know God by His . Jul 23, 2013 - Ibn-Al-Arabi (1165-1240) points out in his masterpiece the Bezels of Wisdom that humans are a mirror for Allah: Allah understands himself through his creation of human beings. Chittick, “Ibn 'Arabi's own Summary of the Fusus: 'The Imprint of the Bezels of Wisdom',” Sophia Perennis, vol. Jul 23, 2011 - Ibn al-'Arabi illustrates in The Bezels of Wisdom God's reason for creating the Cosmos as a desire to witness and perceive Himself, and consequently, the duty of man to be the mirror, or the tool, for His perception. Feb 15, 2014 - It was related by 'Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha' (the eighth Imam) from the earlier Imams in succession that al-Husayn ibn 'Ali (the third Imam) spoke as follows: The Commander of the Faithful-upon whom be peace-addressed the people in the mosque at Kufa and said: “Praise belongs to God, who did not third chapter of his celebrated Fusus al Hikam. 24 Ibn Arabi, Fusus al-Hikam, The Bezels of Wisdom, I, 178 and II, 250 n. Feb 21, 2012 - [6] For further details regarding the unity and correspondence between various realms of reality, see Ibn 'Arabi, “The Wisdom of the Heart in the Word of Shu'aib,” in Ibn al-Arabi. Dec 5, 2010 - Ibn al-Arabi is known as the Ash-Shaikh-al Akbar, or the Supreme Master (Ibn al-Arabi's The Bezels of Wisdom, R.W.J.