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I believe in the religion

Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry,  poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry,  poetry by Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi
(1165 - 1240) Timeline

English version by
Maurice Gloton

Original Language
Arabic

Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

I believe in the religion
Of Love
Whatever direction its caravans may take,
For love is my religion and my faith.

 

 

-- from Perfect Harmony: (Calligrapher's Notebooks) , by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi

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/ Photo by bachmont /

Themes

  Lover and Beloved
 
 
 
 


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Ibn al-Arabi: Bezels of Wisdom (Classics of Western Spirituality), by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi / Edited by R. W. J. Austin
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