Visiting Ibn Arabi in Syria (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Ibn Arabi shrine (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Truth (haqq) and creation (khalq), they will never cease –
Bestowing existence on the essence one moment,
the next withholding it.
When it is the essence/eye of the servant, then night is your state.
When it is the essence/eye of the Real, then light shines forth.
You are only between an east and a west.
Your sun in a west, and your full moon rising…
— Ibn Arabi
Shrine of Ibn Arabi in Damascus (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
