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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.
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