8/12/2019 Globular Vision by Ibn al-Arabi

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[3:83] When I inherited from him ! this

station and I came to have this [state], Iwas

leading the people in prayer in the Azhar

mosque in thecityofFez.WhenIentered the

prayerniche,Iwasreducedinmyentirebeing

toone

point

(!aynw#$id),

and

Isaw

from

my

every direction as Iwas seeingmy qiblah in

front; nothing within or without was hidden

fromme,notasingleoneprayinginthegroup

(jam#!at), up to at one time someone was

absent"minded,who[came in lateand]caught

withme[astheim#m]onerak!atoftheprayer.

WhenIgavethesal#m[endingtheprayer]and

returned my face back toward thejam#!at, I

[ledthem]inadu!#h.Isawthatmanrestoring

whathehadmissed[byarrivinglate].Buthewasshortarak!at,soIsaidtohim,What

ismissing

with

you

is

such

and

such.

Thus

he

completed

his

prayer

and

remembered.

Noonerecognizesthethingsnorthesestates(moments)excepttheonewhotastesthem.

Andwhoeverhasthisasonesmoment,wherevertheqiblah[fem.]maybe,oneisfacing

her.ThisishowItasteditinmyself.