With-Love-to-Muhammad

Statements of Hazrat Muhyud-dīn
Ibn ‘Arabī rh
In his chapter about the writings of Hazrat Muhy-ud-Dīn
Ibn ‘Arabī rh , Farhan Khan writes, “[Ibn ‘Arabī rh ] did not write
his book with conventional definitions to Islāmic vocabulary
used by most non-Arabs. Often, he would employ terms
according to his custom understanding or its linguistic
definition, demanding an active, contemplative reader.” 153 Then,
without quoting from the actual writings of Hazrat Ibn ‘Arabī rh
or Hazrat ‘Abd-ul-Wahhāb rh , Farhan Khan says that Imam
‘Abd-ul-Wahhāb rh believed that Hazrat Ibn ‘Arabī rh spoke of
two kinds of wahī (revelation):
1. Wahī Tashrī‘ī – Revelation to the Prophets
2. Wahī Ilhām – Revelation to non-Prophets
About these two groups, Farhan Khan declares, “Both groups
received wahī from Allāh, and thus Ibn ‘Arabī termed both
groups as nabīs according to the linguistic meaning of nabī,
153
Khan, With Love, Page 37
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