The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ An incident that occurred to Ibn Arabi on the night he wrote this aspect of the Meccan conquests ]

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An incident occurred to us on the night I wrote this article, and it is appropriate for this section. I saw, as the sleeper sees, one of the angels who handed me a piece of land with compact parts that had no dust, an span wide, an span long, and an endless depth. When it came into my hands, I found it as God Almighty said. And wherever you are, turn your faces towards it so that the people will not have an argument against you. He said, “And be grateful to Me and do not be ungrateful.” I was astonished. I was unable to deny that it was the exact meaning of these verses and not deny that it was a piece of land, and it was said to me, “This is how the Qur’an was revealed, or it was revealed to Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him.” I saw the Messenger of God May God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and he says to me: Thus, she sent down on me her thigh as a taste, and this is the matter. Can you deny what you find of that? I said no, and I was confused about the matter


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