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Time, appointed time and beginninglessness
Distinguishing a relation between events, a measured day and the absence of a beginning.
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Imagination, images and perception
A reading of khayal that distinguishes the appearing image, the perceiving faculty and the judgment made about it.
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Barzakh: separation, connection and the life to come
Reading the two sides of an intermediate relation before treating barzakh as a universal definition.
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Heart, intellect and unveiling
A map of receiving, thinking and discerning within Ibn al-Arabi’s account of knowledge.
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Divine Names and presences
From the supplicant’s condition to the different relations described in chapter 558.
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Manifestation and preparedness
Tajalli read through what appears, who receives it and the relation between them.
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Breath, renewed creation and continuing dependence
Keeping nafas, renewed states and fresh knowledge distinct while tracing their connections.
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Existence, fixity and preparedness
Distinguishing dependence, knowledge and manifestation before making a general claim about being.
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