Table of Contents
Introduction The Life and Works of Ibn al-'Arabi The Meccan Openings Koranic Hermeneutics The Study of Ibn al-'Arabi in the West The Present Work
1. Overview
1. The Divine Presence Finding God Worlds and Presences Being and Nonexistence The Divine Attributes The Divine Acts The Macrocosm The Microcosm Cosmic Dynamics The Return to God Assuming the Traits of God Theomorphic Ethics The Scale of the Law Seeing Things as They Are Human Perfection
2. Theology
2. The Names of God Names, Attributes, and Relationships (1) The Names of the Names (2) Relationships (3) The Two Denotations of the Names (4) Realities, Roots, and Supports (5) Properties and Effects The Names of Engendered Existence Secondary Causes
3. The Divine Roots of Hierarchy and Conflict Hierarchy in the Names Ranking in Degrees The Names Personified The Divine Conflict The Unity of the Essence Names of Incomparability and Names of Acts
4. The Essence and the Divinity The Divinity The Unkowability of the Essence The Independence of the Essence The Name "Allah" The Disputes of the Angels Incomparability and Similarity Incomparability Similarity Combining Incomparability and Similarity
3. Ontology
5. Existence and Nonexistence Being/Existence and the Existent: Wujud and Mawjud Possible Things Entities Things Loci of Manifestation Self-Disclosure and Receptivity Oneness of Being and Effects of the Names
6. The New Creation Infinite Possibility Perpetual Renewal Divine Tasks Breaking Habits Transmutation and Transformation Never-Repeating Self-Disclosures Boredom The Heart Nondelimitation
7. Cosmic Imagination He/Not He Imagination Dreams The Manifestation of the Impossible
8. The Supreme Barzakh The Cloud The Breath of the All-Merciful Relief Through Mercy The Real Through Whom Creation Takes Place The Universal Reality Nature
4. Epistemology
9. Knowledge and the Knower Knowledge and Knowledge The Usefulness of Knowledge Limits to Knowledge The Infinity of Knowledge
10. Acquiring Knowledge The Rational Faculty Reflection Consideration Following Authority Unveiling
11. The Scale of the Law The Revealed Law The Scale Wisdom and Courtesy The Scale of Reason Affirming Similarity Reactions to the Revelation of Similarity
5. Hermeneutics
12. Faith and Rational Interpretation Faith Interpretation The Rational Thinkers Acts of God and Acts of Man
13. Knowing God's Self-Disclosure Finding Light The Lights of Self-Disclosure Naming the Perception of Light Witnessing and Vision
14. Understanding the Koran The Goal of Rational Inquiry Reason versus Unveiling The Character of Muhammad The Context of the Koran The Commentary of the Folk of Allah Commentary by Allusion Knowledge of Hadith
6. Soteriology
15. Weighing Self-Disclosure Knowledge and Practice The Inviolability of the Law Spiritual States Spiritual Mastery
16. Names and Stations The Divine Form The Stations of the Path Assuming the Character Traits of God Noble and Base Character Traits
17. Pitfalls of the Path Good and Evil The Two Commands The Perfection of Imperfection God's Conclusive Argument The Straight Path Nobility of Character
18. Safety in Servanthood The Servant's Worship of his Lord The Perils of Lordship The Exaltation of Lowliness The Perfect Servant Worship Through Free Will Offerings Obligations and Supererogations
7. Consummation
19. Transcending the Gods of Belief The Roots of Belief Worshiping God and Self Knowing Self Paths of Belief Belief and the Law The Belief of the Gnostic Beatific Vision
20. Seeing with Two Eyes Duality and the Signs of Unity The Possessor of Two Eyes Being With God Wherever You Are Two Perfections Serving the Divine Names The People of Blame The Station of No Station
Notes Bibliography Indexes
