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الفتوحات المكية في معرفة الأسرار الملكية والمالكية

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Universal and particular mercy

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al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya · Cairo / Maymaniyya · volume 3, page 172 · chapter 343
Site passage ID: fm-p0014

Arabic source excerpt

فاعلم أن هذه الرحمة المركبة تعم جميع الموجودات وأنها مركبة من رحمة عامة وهي التي وسعت كل شي‏ء ومن رحمة خاصة وهي الرحمة التي تميز بها من اصطفاه الله واصطنعه لنفسه من رسول ونبي وولي

English translation draft

Know that this composite mercy encompasses all existing things, and that it is composed of a universal mercy—which is the mercy that encompasses everything—and a particular mercy, the mercy by which God distinguishes those whom He has chosen and fashioned for Himself: a messenger, a prophet or a friend of God.

Terminology and context

  1. Murakkaba is “composite”; the sentence explains the composition it has in view rather than leaving the adjective undefined.
  2. The universal and particular aspects are distinguished within the same discussion. Their relation should not be reduced to two unrelated emotions.
  3. Wali is rendered “friend of God”. The list concerns categories in the author’s theological account, not this website’s certification of named individuals.

Cite this draft

Ibn al-Arabi, al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, Cairo / Maymaniyya, 3:172, chapter 343. Futmak, “Universal and particular mercy”, editorial translation draft (AI-assisted), 2026-10-25, fm-p0014.

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