Immortal Echoes, Mortal Words

By Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani

Our podcasts: Ibn Arabi Podcast, Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast, Shiʿi Mysticism (ʿIrfān) Podcast, and Islamic and Neoplatonic Metaphysics Podcast. Hosts: Rasou

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March 09, 2026Ch3. E2/2. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Wisdom of Noah
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.
Episode 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvZJOy0FOg
Guiding questions:
Key Concepts: tanzīh and tashbīh
What do tanzīh (transcendence) and tashbīh (immanence, comparability, similarity) mean in Ibn ʿArabī’s thought?
How are tanzīh and tashbīh grounded in different faculties—reason vs. imagination?
Why does Ibn ʿArabī insist that both must coexist to achieve a full understanding of the divine?
Noah’s Prophetic Call
How does Ibn ʿArabī interpret Noah’s emphasis on tanzīh in his mission?
Why does he see Noah’s call as ultimately unsuccessful?
How does Ibn ʿArabī distinguish between the truth of the message and the method of the call?
Why does Ibn ʿArabī regard pure tanzīh as “ignorance upon ignorance”?
The Criticism of Prophets
Why is the Chapter of Noah one of the rare places where Ibn ʿArabī openly criticizes a prophet?
How does he connect prophetic “failure” to the methodology of daʿwah (invitation) rather than to divine truth?
Community Capacity and Prophetic Function
How does Ibn ʿArabī link the success of a prophet to the capacity of the ummah (community)?
Why does he view the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the Perfect Human (al-insān al-kāmil) in contrast to Noah?
In what way does the Qurʾān’s comprehensiveness reflect the Prophet’s balance of tanzīh and tashbīh?
True Knowledge and Ḥayrah (Bewilderment)
According to Ibn ʿArabī, what is the final goal of tanzīh?
Why does he see ḥayra (bewilderment) as the highest form of knowing God?
Balance and Theological Lessons
What theological lesson does Ibn ʿArabī draw from Noah’s one-sided reliance on tanzīh?
How does the Qurʾān itself demonstrate the balance of tanzīh and tashbīh (e.g., “There is nothing like unto Him, yet He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing”)?
How might this dual affirmation shape our own way of speaking about God today?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#sufism #IbnArabi #Fusus_alHikam
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16min
March 02, 2026Ch3. E1/2. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Wisdom of Noah
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.
Episode 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvZJOy0FOg
Guiding questions:
Key Concepts: tanzīh and tashbīh
What do tanzīh (transcendence) and tashbīh (immanence, comparability, similarity) mean in Ibn ʿArabī’s thought?
How are tanzīh and tashbīh grounded in different faculties—reason vs. imagination?
Why does Ibn ʿArabī insist that both must coexist to achieve a full understanding of the divine?
Noah’s Prophetic Call
How does Ibn ʿArabī interpret Noah’s emphasis on tanzīh in his mission?
Why does he see Noah’s call as ultimately unsuccessful?
How does Ibn ʿArabī distinguish between the truth of the message and the method of the call?
Why does Ibn ʿArabī regard pure tanzīh as “ignorance upon ignorance”?
The Criticism of Prophets
Why is the Chapter of Noah one of the rare places where Ibn ʿArabī openly criticizes a prophet?
How does he connect prophetic “failure” to the methodology of daʿwah (invitation) rather than to divine truth?
Community Capacity and Prophetic Function
How does Ibn ʿArabī link the success of a prophet to the capacity of the ummah (community)?
Why does he view the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the Perfect Human (al-insān al-kāmil) in contrast to Noah?
In what way does the Qurʾān’s comprehensiveness reflect the Prophet’s balance of tanzīh and tashbīh?
True Knowledge and Ḥayrah (Bewilderment)
According to Ibn ʿArabī, what is the final goal of tanzīh?
Why does he see ḥayra (bewilderment) as the highest form of knowing God?
Balance and Theological Lessons
What theological lesson does Ibn ʿArabī draw from Noah’s one-sided reliance on tanzīh?
How does the Qurʾān itself demonstrate the balance of tanzīh and tashbīh (e.g., “There is nothing like unto Him, yet He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing”)?
How might this dual affirmation shape our own way of speaking about God today?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#sufism #IbnArabi #Fusus_alHikam
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23min
February 23, 2026Ch2. E4. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Fass Two: Wisdom of Seth
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.

Guiding questions:
1. How does walaya compare to prophethood?
2. How does the seal of the awliya (saints) compare to the seal of the prophets?
3. Does the wali follow the Prophet's tradition?
4. What is the wali's role in creation?
5. How does the seal of the prophets receive divine knowledge?
6. How do the names "Muhammad" and "al-Rahman" compare in the context of the Day of Resurrection's intercession?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#Ibn_Arabi #fususalhikam
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February 23, 2026Ch2. E7. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Wisdom of Seth
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.
Episode 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvZJOy0FOg
Guiding questions:
Fixed Entities and Knowledge – How does Ibn ʿArabī explain the relationship between a human’s fixed entity (ʿayn al-thābita) and God’s Knowledge of that person?
Divine Grace and Unveiling – Why does Ibn ʿArabī insist that even if humans can access their own fixed entity, this knowledge remains ultimately dependent on divine Grace and unveiling?
Pre-creation vs. Post-creation Knowledge – What distinction does Ibn ʿArabī make between God’s pre-creation knowledge of fixed entities and humans’ knowledge of them after creation?
Continuity of Prophethood and Sainthood – In what sense does Ibn ʿArabī draw a parallel between Seth’s continuation of Adam and sainthood (walāya) as the continuation of prophethood?
Prophets and Saints – How does Ibn ʿArabī describe the shared ground and hierarchy between Prophets (nabī/rasūl) and Saints (awliyāʾ), especially regarding the “Seal of the Prophets” and the “Seal of the Saints”?
Self-knowledge and Divine Knowledge – How does Ibn ʿArabī interpret the famous hadith “Whoever knows themselves knows their Lord,” and how does he connect it to the notion that the fixed entity reflects divine Names?
The Maʿrif and Realization of Realities – What does Ibn ʿArabī mean by describing the ʿārif (the realized knower) as one who perceives beings through their realities, and how does this deepen the idea of knowing God through knowing oneself?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#sufism #IbnArabi #Fusus_alHikam
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9min
February 23, 2026Ch2. E6. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Wisdom of Seth
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.
Guiding questions:
Varieties of Petitioners – How do people differ in the way they make requests to God?
Haste vs. Wisdom – What is the difference between asking out of haste and asking in recognition that some divine gifts are only given when requested?
Criticism of Early Sufi Extremes – How does Ibn ʿArabī differ from early Sufis who believed one should never ask anything from God, even relief from suffering?
Contentment and Gratitude – What is the authentic interplay between contentment and gratitude in Ibn ʿArabī’s thought?
Supplication vs. Complaint – Why does Ibn ʿArabī suggest that asking God is not the same as complaining against Him?
The Example of Prophet Ayyūb – How does the story of Prophet Ayyūb (Job) illustrate the balance between patience and supplication?
Destiny and the Destined – How does Ibn ʿArabī distinguish between destiny and what is destined?
Qur’anic Anchor – What point does Ibn ʿArabī make about the Qur’anic verse (2:186): “When My servants ask thee about Me, truly I am near. I answer the call of the caller when he calls Me. So let them respond to Me and believe in Me, that they may be led aright.”
Levels of Asking – What distinctions does Ibn ʿArabī make between verbal asking and inner asking?
Divine Response vs. Bestowal – How does Ibn ʿArabī separate God’s answering from God’s granting? Why is answering guaranteed while granting is conditional?
Aptitude as Hidden Asking – What does Ibn ʿArabī mean when he says that one’s aptitude (istiʿdād) is itself a form of supplication?
Surprise in Response – Why might there be a gap between what a person verbally asks for and what they actually receive?
Human Expectation vs. Divine Wisdom – How does this teaching challenge the common human expectation that prayer should yield exactly what is asked?
Practical and Spiritual Implications – How might understanding prayer in light of aptitude and destiny change how one approaches everyday supplication?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#IbnArabi #FususAlHikam #IslamicPhilosophy #SufiMetaphysics #Mysticism #ibn_arabi
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February 23, 2026Ch2. E5. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Wisdom of Seth
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.
Episode 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvZJOy0FOg
Guiding questions:
Why does Ibn ʿArabī emphasize that the Seal of the Saints receives knowledge directly from God?
How can the Seal of the Saints be both knowledgeable and ignorant at the same time?
In what way does the Seal of the Saints unite opposites, and why is this compared to God’s own uniting of opposites?
Why is Seth described as “the secret of divine bestowals,” and what is the significance of his relation to Adam?
How does Seth’s inheritance of Adam’s potentialities symbolize the way creation receives existence from God?
What role does aptitude (istiʿdād) and the fixed entity (ʿayn thābita) play in determining what knowledge a person receives?
How do Ibn ʿArabī’s mirror analogies (round mirror, small mirror, shaky water reflection) illustrate the reception of divine manifestation?
Why does Ibn ʿArabī criticize theologians who claim that God “does whatever He wills” without restriction?
What is the significance of Ibn ʿArabī’s addition of a third realm—the realm of possibilities (aʿyān thābita)—to the theologians’ twofold division of existence?
Why does Ibn ʿArabī insist that when a possibility comes into existence, it no longer remains possible but becomes necessary (though not essentially necessary)?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#IbnArabi #Sufism #IslamicMysticism #SpiritualWisdom #UnityofExistence #onenessofbeing #wahdat_alwujud
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11min
February 23, 2026Ch2. E3. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Wisdom of Seth
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.
Guiding questions:
What kinds of requests do humans have, and how do they differ?
Should we ask God to grant what we request or be content with what we have?
How does Ibn Arabi distinguish kinds of obtaining knowledge of fixed entities?
Ibn Arabi says, God's and human knowledge are equal when "looking into the fixed entities." Are they really equal?
Is God's knowledge of fixed entities native or foreign to Him?
According to Ibn Arabi, are divine Attributes and Essence identical or distinct?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#IbnArabi #Sufism #IslamicMysticism #SpiritualWisdom #UnityofExistence #onenessofbeing #wahdat_alwujud
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9min
February 23, 2026Ch1.E8. Ibn ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam (Seals of Wisdom), Faṣṣ One: Wisdom of Adam
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
Guiding Questions:
1. "God is First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward." How might this reshape our understanding of divine presence in the world and within ourselves?
2. How do Ibn Arabi’s views challenge or complement the idea that God can be approached intellectually versus spiritually or experientially?
3. What role do God’s Names play in bridging the gap between the unknowable Essence of God and our human capacity for knowledge and perception?
4. To what does Ibn Arabi say "yes-no"?
5. How can the Quranic assertion, "angels bowed to Adam," be interpreted?
6. Why does Ibn Arabi say that the Perfect Man answers to all the needy (in the cosmos)? Who fulfills this role now?
7. How and when does God become he seeker's sight and hearing?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#IbnArabi #FususAlHikam #IslamicPhilosophy #SufiMetaphysics #Mysticism
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17min
February 22, 2026Ch2. E2. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Wisdom of Seth
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.
Guiding questions:
How does the "seal of saints" compare with the "seal of prophets"?
What is the theological or spiritual rationale for the existence of saints in addition to prophets?
Who is the seal of the saints?
Where does the seal of the saints derive divine guidance or spiritual authority?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#IbnArabi #Sufism #IslamicMysticism #SpiritualWisdom #UnityofExistence #onenessofbeing #wahdat_alwujud
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16min
February 22, 2026Ch2. E1. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Fass Two: Wisdom of Seth
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works.
Guiding questions:
In what ways does Chapter Two build upon the foundations laid in Chapter One?
What conceptual or thematic contributions does Chapter Two make to Chapter One?
How do essential manifestations differ from the manifestations of the Divine Names?
What does one perceive in the mirror when receiving an essential manifestation?
In what ways do essential manifestations reshape or redefine the relationship between the human and the Divine?
What is the ultimate level of knowledge?
Who gains the ultimate level of divine knowledge?
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani

#IbnArabi #Sufism #IslamicMysticism #SpiritualWisdom #UnityofExistence #onenessofbeing #wahdat_alwujud
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17min

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