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Fusus Al Hikam (Ringstones of Wisdom) - Muhiyuddin Ibn Arabi. Download as PDF. Then there is the wisdom of the breath of angelic inspiration in the word of. The Ringstones of Wisdom: Fuṣūṣ Al-ḥikam Ibn Al-Arabi, Caner K. Io Paperino Cartonato Mondadori 1971. Dagli No preview available - 2004. Bibliographic information. Title: The Ringstones of Wisdom.
-- The Christian Century. Html Projects .pdf there. Being a Sufi and all, I pretty much have to give Ibn Arabi a five. He pretty much defined what it is to be a Sufi. Even with that aside though this book is amazing. It is hard to find books that really truly make a person drunk with words, but this one manages it. The introduction and translation are both done very well.
The only caution I have for the book is that it isn't the kind of book to pick up as an introduction to Sufism. The material really needs a solid grounding in the Abrahamic fait Being a Sufi and all, I pretty much have to give Ibn Arabi a five. He pretty much defined what it is to be a Sufi. Even with that aside though this book is amazing. It is hard to find books that really truly make a person drunk with words, but this one manages it.
The introduction and translation are both done very well. The only caution I have for the book is that it isn't the kind of book to pick up as an introduction to Sufism.
The material really needs a solid grounding in the Abrahamic faiths and Sufi thought. It isn't the kind of book to read in one weekend either. It is best to read it a little bit at a time. I would easily recommend this to anyone looking to delve into the deeper concepts of Sufism. This is what you might call very heavy reading. Fascinating, but deeply philosophical.
I've decided to return it to the library before finishing it. I think it would be a better book to discuss in a class with a Sufi Master. One bezel that I did garner was: 'The Reality wanted to see the essences of His Most Beautiful Names or, to put it another way, to see His own Essence, in an all-inclusive object encompassing the whole [divine:] Command, which, qualified by existence, would reveal to Him his This is what you might call very heavy reading. Fascinating, but deeply philosophical. I've decided to return it to the library before finishing it.
I think it would be a better book to discuss in a class with a Sufi Master. One bezel that I did garner was: 'The Reality wanted to see the essences of His Most Beautiful Names or, to put it another way, to see His own Essence, in an all-inclusive object encompassing the whole [divine:] Command, which, qualified by existence, would reveal to Him his own mystery. For the seeing of a thing, itself by itself, is not the same as its seeing itself in another, as it were in a mirror; for it appears to itself in a form that is invested by the location of the vision by that which would only appear to it given the existence of the location and its [the location's:] self-disclosure to it.' In all honesty, I am nowhere near the level of this book. The information contained is of the highest caliber, and not for the normal person.