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وقد علم إن وطأته يحيا بها ما وطئه من الأشياء.

فقبض قبضة من أثر الرسول فرمى بها في العجل الذي صنعه فحيي ذٰلك العجل. وكان ذٰلك إلقاء من الشيطان في نفس السامري، لأن الشيطان يعلم منزلة الأرواح، فوجد السامري في نفسه هذه القوة وما علم أنّها من إلقاء إبليس، فقال: ﴿وكَذٰلك سَوَّلَتْ لِي نَفْسِي﴾ [طه: ٩٦]. وفعل ذٰلك إبليس من حرصه على إضلاله بما يعتقده من الشريك لله تعالى.

فخرج عيسى على صورة جبريل في المعنى والاسم والصورة الممثلة، فالتحق البشر بالروحاني^[69] والتحق الروحاني بصورة البشر في نازلة واحدة. ويكفي هٰذا القدر من هٰذا الباب، فإنه باب واسع لمريم وآسية ولحقائق الرسل عليهم السلام فيه مجال رحب.

فإنه منزل الكمال، من حصله ساد على أبناء جنسه وظهر حاكما على صاحب الجلال والجمال، وهو من مقامات أبي يزيد البسطامي والأفراد. والله ﴿يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وهُوَ يَهْدِي السَّبِيلَ﴾ [الأحزاب: ٤].

انتهى الجزء الحادي وبانتهائه انتهى السفر الثالث من الفتوحات المكيّة، يتلوه الجزء الثاني والعشرون من السفر الرابع -إن شاء الله تعالى والعشرون.

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In the Name of Allah the Merciful and the Compassionate, and the peace and mercy of Allah be upon our master the Prophet Muhammad. Oh my God, I give up my power and strength, and I resort to Your Power and Your Strength. With the help of Allah, the Powerful and the Generous, I start this translation of the Meccan Revelations (al-Futûħât al-Makkiyyah) by Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ali bin al-Árabî al-Ħâtimiy aţ-Ţâìy, may Allah be pleased with him.

Volume Three of the Meccan Revelations

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Mohamed Ibn al-Arabi

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Mohamed al-Qunawi

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knowing that whatever he trod upon among things came to life through his tread.

He took a handful from the messenger’s trace and cast it into the calf he had fashioned, and that calf came to life. This was something Satan cast into the Samaritan’s soul, for Satan knows the rank of spirits. The Samaritan found this power within himself without knowing that it had been cast in by Iblis, and said: “Thus my soul prompted me” [Ta Ha 20:96]. Iblis did this out of his eagerness to lead him astray through his belief in a partner with God Most High.

Jesus therefore came forth upon Gabriel’s form in meaning, name, and the form assumed in appearing. The human joined the spiritual being,^[69] and the spiritual being joined the human form, in a single occurrence. This much suffices for this chapter. It is a vast chapter, within which Mary, Asiyah, and the realities of the messengers, peace be upon them, have a broad field.

For it is the Dwelling of Perfection. Whoever attains it becomes master over the members of his kind and appears as one exercising judgment over the possessor of Majesty and Beauty. It is among the stations of Abu Yazid al-Bistami and the Individuals. God “speaks the truth, and He guides the way” [al-Ahzab 33:4].

End of Part Twenty-One. With its completion, Volume Three of the Meccan Revelations is complete. It is followed by Part Twenty-Two in Volume Four, God Most High willing.

This Edition

In the Name of Allah the Merciful and the Compassionate, and the peace and mercy of Allah be upon our master the Prophet Muhammad. Oh my God, I give up my power and strength, and I resort to Your Power and Your Strength. With the help of Allah, the Powerful and the Generous, I start this translation of the Meccan Revelations (al-Futûħât al-Makkiyyah) by Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ali bin al-Árabî al-Ħâtimiy aţ-Ţâìy, may Allah be pleased with him.

Volume Three of the Meccan Revelations

Author

Mohamed Ibn al-Arabi

Narrator

Mohamed al-Qunawi

Producer

Mohamed Haj Yousef