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Divine Sayings - Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi
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Contemplation of the Holy Mysteries: mashāhid al-asrār,
by Ibn ‘Arabī
Translated by Cecilia Twinch and Pablo Beneito
The Universal Tree and the Four Birds: al-ittihād al-kawnī,
by Ibn ‘Arabī
Translated by Angela Jaffray
A Prayer for Spiritual Elevation and Protection: al-dawr al-a’lā
by Ibn ‘Arabī
Study, translation, transliteration and Arabi text
by Suha Taji-Farouki
The Unlimited Mercifier: the Spiritual Life and Thought of Ibn Arabī Stephen Hirtenstein
Ibn ‘Arabi and Modern Thought:
The History of Taking Metaphysics Seriously
Peter Coates
The Nightingale in the Garden of Love: the Poems of Üftade
by Paul Ballanfat
Translated from French by Angela Culme-Seymour
Beshara and Ibn ‘Arabi:
A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World
Suha Taji-Farouki
Published by Anqa Publishing
PO Box 1178
Oxford OX2 8YS, UK
www.ibn-arabi.com
© Stephen Hirtenstein and Martin Notcutt, 2004
First published 2004
Epub edition v2, 2013
Stephen Hirtenstein and Martin Notcutt have asserted their moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the authors of this work.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 905937 13 4
Cover design by Gerard Lennox
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
THE 101 HADITH QUDSI
Preface
PART ONE
Hadith 1 Forbidding injustice
Hadith 2 Dispensing with association
Hadith 3 The believer with little means
Hadith 4 Promoting peace and reconciliation
Hadith 5 The veiling of Paradise and Hell
Hadith 6 Reciting the Fātiḥa
Hadith 7 The child of Adam slanders Me
Hadith 8 Remembering Me and forgetting Me
Hadith 9 The Hand of God is full
Hadith 10 I am with My servant when he remembers
Hadith 11 Fear and security
Hadith 12 I shall shelter them in My Shade
Hadith 13 I am in My servant’s thought of Me
Hadith 14 God’s address to one of the people of Hell
Hadith 15 Pride is My cloak
Hadith 16 The intercession of the Most Merciful, and His Good-Pleasure
Hadith 17 A religion with which I am well-pleased
Hadith 18 Vision of the Lord
Hadith 19 Destined for Hell or Paradise
Hadith 20 Satisfaction with My decree
Hadith 21 What no eye has seen nor ear heard
Hadith 22 He who hopes for other than Me
Hadith 23 The last to enter Paradise
Hadith 24 When God created Adam
Hadith 25 When God created the Earth
Hadith 26 I am your Lord
Hadith 27 I am with him when he remembers Me
Hadith 28 I shall forgive you
Hadith 29 The blessing of rain
Hadith 30 God hears him who praises Him
Hadith 31 Dividing the Fātiḥa and granting the prayer
Hadith 32 Concerning purity
Hadith 33 Those who love one another
Hadith 34 Compensation for loss of sight
Hadith 35 The coming of those who deceive through religion
Hadith 36 I gave you gifts; what have you done?
Hadith 37 The community of Muhammad at the Resurrection
Hadith 38 Greeting and blessing the Prophet
Hadith 39 Devotion to My worship
Hadith 40 There is no god but God
PART TWO
Khabar 1 Abraham and disobeying the Beloved
Khabar 2 David and the attachment of the heart
Khabar 3 Moses and the work God loves most
Khabar 4 I am completely aware of My lovers
Khabar 5 Concerning one who kills himself
Khabar 6 Remembering Me when facing the enemy
Khabar 7 The supremacy of Mercy over Anger
Khabar 8 Contentment with one’s portion
Khabar 9 God’s welcome to the people of Paradise
Khabar 10 How you wrong Me
Khabar 11 Pleasure and hardship
Khabar 12 Creation and provision
Khabar 13 Peace and goodness in Paradise
Khabar 14 The lover’s right
Khabar 15 The Faithful
Khabar 16 The King’s descent
Khabar 17 The counting of deeds
Khabar 18 I have created you for My sake
Khabar 19 Regarding the morrow
Khabar 20 Surrender and Peace
Khabar 21 Obligations and nourishment
Khabar 22 Prayer and sufficiency
Khabar 23 The time for charity
Khabar 24 Giving generously
Khabar 25 My treasuries are never exhausted
Khabar 26 Raising the veils for the people of Paradise
Khabar 27 My Power is permanent
Khabar 28 The ruse of God
Khabar 29 I shall give you gifts
Khabar 30 I accept the prayer of one who humbles himself
Khabar 31 Abandoning evil for the sake of God
Khabar 32 Completing what is required
Khabar 33 The impetuosity of man
Khabar 34 Moses and the pillars of religion
Khabar 35 The prophet–servant and the prophet–king
Khabar 36 Demeaning a saint
Khabar 37 The act God loves most
Khabar 38 All that you wish, I wish
Khabar 39 I am Time
Khabar 40 I have forgiven them
PART THREE
Hadith 1 God’s pledge to him who goes forth to fight
Hadith 2 God’s wonder at him who goes forth to fight
Hadith 3 The bounty apportioned to the martyr
Hadith 4 The people of invocation
Hadith 5 Moses’ request for invocation
Hadith 6 God’s prayer over the Prophet
Hadith 7 The tie of kinship
Hadith 8 The necessity of love
Hadith 9 When God loves a servant
Hadith 10 A Lord who forgives sin
Hadith 11 My servant draws near to Me
Hadith 12 The acceptance of deeds
Hadith 13 The service of the world
Hadith 14 The ingratitude of a servant
Hadith 15 Redemption through the Name of God
Hadith 16 Desiring other than Me
Hadith 17 Those whose requests are not rejected
Hadith 18 The recompense on the Day of Resurrection
Hadith 19 The reciter, the martyr and the wealthy man
Hadith 20 The hypocrite
Hadith 21 God’s address to the people of Paradise, their request and His reply
Notes to the translation
Appendix: Hadīth and Ibn ‘Arabī
Bibliography
Index of first lines
Acknowledgements
Little did we realise, when we first began the translation of this book in 1996, just how much work would be involved. We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the following, without whose help and expertise this book would not have seen the light of day.
We are greatly indebted to Daniel Hirtenstein and Sara Sviri for their inestimable help with the translation, and to Rosemary Brass, Sara Hirtenstein, Judy Kearns and Michael Tiernan for their editing, typesetting, proofreading and invaluable suggestions.
We also thank the fellows and members of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society for their support in establishing an archive of Ibn ‘Arabī’s works, and to the director and staff of the Sūleymaniye library in Istanbul for all their help in providing access to these precious manuscripts.
Introduction
The original title of this book by Ibn ‘Arabī is The Niche of Lights concerning some of the communications that have been transmitted from God
(Mishkāt al-anwār fīmā ruwiya ‘an Allāh min al-akhbār).
These communications or Divine Sayings are so rich in meaning that it is not possible to characterise them all by a single word or phrase. Recurring themes include our complete dependence on God, and His readiness to forgive and embrace those who truly turn to Him. They are memorable, and in their generosity of spirit bring us close to the absolutely Real. Although they come from the Islamic tradition, and wear the clothes of time and place, they are universal in nature, and can be appreciated by people from any background. The book is a wonderful gift.
The Divine Sayings in the Mishkāt al-anwār are called ḥadīth qudsī or sacred sayings
, a term which is described more fully in the Appendix, but usually meaning words of God heard by the Prophet Muhammad, and reported outside the Quranic revelation. There are one hundred and one ḥadīth qudsī collected together in the Mishkāt