Classics in a classic collection...clearly a must for all libraries, from the university to the small town, and for all readers interested in spirituality...
In one of his poems he stated, Love is the creed I hold: wherever turns His camels, Love is still my creed and faith..
Ibn Al-\'Arabi invites us in these pages to explore the inner spiritual meanings of the Quran, its heartful meanings.
He describes it in his preface: I saw the Apostle of God in a visitation...
He had in his hand a book and he said to me, \'This is the book of the Bezels of Wisdom; take it and bring it to men that they might benefit from it.\' The book portrays the Wisdom of love through Abraham, of the unseen through Job, of light through Joseph, of intimacy through Elias and so on.
It was in Damascus that he had the vision that prompted him to write this book.
The setting in which Ibn Al-\'Arabi has placed his spiritual Wisdom are the lives of the prophets.
Bezel means a setting in which a gem, engraved with one\'s name, is set to make a seal ring.
The Bezels of Wisdom was written during the author\'s later years and was intended to be a synthesis of his spiritual doctrine.
Ibn Al-\'Arabi, 1165-1240 Called by Moslems the greatest master, Ibn Al-\'Arabi was a Sufi born in twelfth-century Spain.
This is the mercy that Encompasses you; so extend it.
Then give it to those Who seek it, and stint not.
Austin, preface by Titus Burckardt It is from God, so hear And to god do you return When you hear what I bring, learn Then with understanding see The details in the whole And also see them as part of the whole.
Religious Studies Review Ibn Al\' Arabi: The Bezels of Wisdom translation and introduction by R.
W.
J.
Classics in a classic collection...clearly a must for all libraries, from the university to the small town, and for all readers interested in spirituality..
