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Ibn Arabi - Jesus as the Spirit of God [Part 1]
Perennial Wisdom
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1,399 views Premiered Dec 26, 2021 #Jesus #JesusChrist #IbnArabi
Ibn Arabi also views Jesus to be the Spirit of God attached to the breathing of God itself which has the power to give life. According to Ibn Arabi’s claim, Jesus as the spirit of God was the special one for him due to being his first spiritual teacher. However, Ibn Arabi did not see Jesus to be God, since of course Ibn Arabi was undeniably framed in the Islamic doctrine, in which there are several fundamental differences of doctrine between Islam and Christianity.
This video is not about comparative religion at all, but I only propose how the Greatest Master (Shaykh al-Akbar) Ibn Arabi in Sufism comprehend Jesus. What I present on this video is fully based upon what Ibn Arabi many times says concerning Jesus. The academic references are available below. And for the last, my question in the closing video only means to rethink of what Ibn Arabi has thought. This video by no means intends to enter into a religious disputation. Fully warmly, I totally respect my Christian sisters and brothers to whom I wish a Merry Christmas. Have a blessed Christmas.
References:
Claude Addas, Quest for the Red Sulfur: Life of Ibn Arabi, trans. Peter Kingsley (Cambridge: The Islamic Texts Society, 1993).
Ibn Arabi, Fusus al-Hikam, (ann.) Abu al-‘Ala Afifi (Beirut: Dār al-Kitāb al-‘Arabī, 1946).
Ibn Arabi, Futuhat al-Makkiyyah, (ed.) Othman Yahya, vol. 3 (Cairo: Bulaq Dar al-Tiba'ah al-Bahirah, 1985).
Ibn Arabi, The Bezels of Wisdom, trans. R. W. J. Austin (New York: Paulist, 1980).
Michel Chodkiewicz, Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn Arabi, trans. Liadain Sherrard (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1993).
Souad Hakim, “The Spirit and the Son of the Spirit: A Reading of Jesus according to Ibn Arabi”, in Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, Vol. 31 (2002).
Yoo Jeong Jae, “Jesus according to Ibn al-Arabi and Christian Scholars”, (MA thesis., The American University in Cairo, 2013).
Zachary Markwith, “Jesus and Christic Sanctity in Ibn Arabi and Early Islamic Spirituality”, Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society, Vol. 57 (2015).
