Ibn ʿArabi (26 July 1165 – 16 November 1240) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim scholar, mystic, poet, and philosopher, extremely influential within Islamic thought. Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential Sufi masters. I hope my collection of Ibn Arabi Quotes will fill your mind with wisdom and heart with love.
Be established in truth.
– Ibn Arabi
Best Ibn Arabi Quotes
1. “God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.” – Ibn Arabi
2. “Your personal nature seeks its paradise.” – Ibn Arabi
3. “The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own knowledge, for he basks in its light.” – Ibn Arabi
4. “What you plant here, you will reap there.” – Ibn Arabi
5. “He who knows himself knows his Lord; Indeed, He is his very identity and reality.” – Ibn Arabi
6. “How can the heart travel to God, when it is changed by its desires?” – Ibn Arabi
7. “The desires of this world are like sea water. The more you drink of them, the more you thirst.” – Ibn Arabi
8. “All that is left to us by tradition is mere words. It is up to us to find out what they mean.” – Ibn Arabi
9. “Wisdom is the child of patience.” – Ibn Arabi
10. “Every bird flies with their own kind, eagles with eagles, crows with crows.” – Ibn Arabi
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11. “When you know yourself, your I’ness vanishes.” – Ibn Arabi
12. “I am no one in existence but myself.” – Ibn Arabi
13. “If men knew themselves, they would know God; and if they really knew God, they would be satisfied with Him and would think of Him alone.” – Ibn Arabi
14. “The tears we shed, water the gardens in our hearts.” – Ibn Arabi
15. “If the heart is filled with faith, it will guide you to the truth.” – Ibn Arabi
16. “The things of the invisible world attract me more than those of actual life.” – Ibn Arabi
17. “You need to feel the pain so that you can understand the pain of others you have hurt.” – Ibn Arabi
18. “The destiny of a person is determined by their efforts.” – Ibn Arabi
19. “The world is like a school. Each of us is tested separately and our only teacher is God.” – Ibn Arabi
20. “For hope, you need faith.” – Ibn Arabi
21. “If you trust in God and make him your companion, then all your paths will become easy and safe.” – Ibn Arabi
22. “I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith.” – Ibn Arabi
23. “Pens can solve what weapons cannot.” – Ibn Arabi
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24. “Loneliness is an essential friend on the road to bravery” – Ibn Arabi
25. “Do not listen to your ego, yet take care of its needs.” – Ibn Arabi
26. “Give value to your time, live in the present moment. Do not live in imagination & throw your time away.” – Ibn Arabi
27. “Forget remembering yourselves…by remembering your Lord.” – Ibn Arabi
28. “The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.” – Ibn Arabi
29. “Renounce anger and hatred, and relinquish malice and spite in your heart.” – Ibn Arabi
30. “While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah’s bounties, which come to you from myriads of hands.” – Ibn Arabi
31. “There is no teacher greater than patience.” – Ibn Arabi
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32. “If your path is not right, you’ll be constantly wounded.” – Ibn Arabi
33. “There’s no death for those who die for thier beloved. there’s no grief for those who stand up to cruetly.” – Ibn Arabi
34. “All fights and conflicts in the world began after, when someone has spilled his brother’s blood.” – Ibn Arabi
35. “Bravery is equal to make partener of your dreams.” – Ibn Arabi
36. “The self is an ocean without a shore. Gazing upon it has no beginning or no end, in this world and the next.” – Ibn Arabi
37. “Wheresover you turn, there is the face of God.” – Ibn Arabi
38. “As long as we follow God’s path, nobody can bring us to our knees.” – Ibn Arabi
39. “The movement which is the existence of the universe is the movement of love” – Ibn Arabi
40. “Choose less over more in it. Be satisfied with what you have, even if it is less than what others have. In fact, prefer to have less.” – Ibn Arabi
