The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami, Ibn Arabi, and the Maqam al-Qirbah ]

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 261 من الجزء Two

So I left, and I was in that state of feeling uncomfortable with being alone, and being with people only happens with sex, so I met a man in a house called An Hal, so I prayed the afternoon prayer in a university, and then Prince Abu Yahya bin Wajten came, and he was my friend, and he was happy with me and asked me to stay with him, but I refused and stayed with his clerk, and there was sociability between me and him, so I complained. To him, I am alone in a place I am happy with. While he was keeping me company, the shadow of a person appeared to me, so I got up from my bed to him, hoping that I would find relief in him. He hugged me, and I looked at him. I saw Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami, and his spirit had embodied for me. God sent him to have mercy on me, so I said to him, “See you in this place,” and he said. I was caught in it and I died in it, for I will not leave it .


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