7/23/2019 Ibn 'Arabī's Letters

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1. Hamza. Combined with Alef tomake 28 instead of 29 letters.

2. Hâ'- Unstressed h. Only this and hamzaare pronounced at the back of the throat.

Suras 19 and 20.

3. Ayn'.

1

5

70

4. Hâ' - Stressed h. Alwaystransliterated in bold.

8

5. Ghayn. gh. 1000

6. Khâ'. kh. 600

7. Qâf. q. 100

8. Kâf. k. 20

9. Jîm. j. 3

10. Shîn. sh. 300

11. Yâ'. y/î 10

12. Dâd. Stressed d. Alwaystransliterated in bold.

800

13. Lâm. l. 30

14. Nûn. n. 50

15. Râ'. r. 200

16. Tâ'. Stressed t. Alwaystransliterated in bold.

9

17. Dâl. d. 4

18. Tâ'. t. 400

19. Zây'. z. 7

20. Sîn. s. 60

21. Sâd. Stressed s. Alwaystransliterated in bold.

22. Zâ'. Stressed z. Alwaystransliterated in bold.

90

900

23. Thâ'. th. 500

24. Dhâl. dh. 700

25. Fâ'. f. 80

26. Bâ'. b. 2

27. Mîm. m. 40

28. Wâw. w/û. 6

Suras 2,3,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,29,30,31,32.

Suras 2,3,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,29,30,31,32.

Suras 2,3,7,13,26,28,29,30,30,31,32,40,41,42,43,44,45,46

Suras 7, 19, 38

Suras 10,11,12,13,14,15

Sura 19

Suras 19, 36

Suras 19 and 42.

Suras 20,26,27,28.

Suras 26,27,28,36,42.

Suras 40,41,42,43,44,45,46

Suras 42,50

Sura 68.

The Pen. The first intellect.

The Universal Soul. The Preserved Tablet.

Black satin sphere. Independent self-existing ultimatestarless sphere. (Seli: unborn ultimate sphere)

The Sixth Heaven. The Enumerator. Jesus.

Plants. The all-provider. First stage, secondary reflex, life.

Non-manifest nature. The hidden within the cosmos.

Sphere of fixed stars, within which are 28 lunar mansions.28x12 creates constant movement. 28x13 constant harmony

The Closest Heaven. The Clarifier, Adam.

Animals, the abaser. Secondary reflex life. Secondary stagesuperconscious power of form.

The dust substance (plasmas) that from which all things arise.

The Angels. The strong.

Fire. Gripper.

The First Heaven. The Lord, Abraham.

The all-body. The manifest. Single substance from which allbodies formed corporeal and imaginal

Stage II. Body, shape. Throne, Footstool.

Stage I. Pure Mind of God.

Stage V. The Progeny

Minerals. The exalted primary crystal order.

The Footstool. The Grateful. First imaginal thing where Godputs down his feet. Above it is only mercy.

The Fifth Heaven. Form-giver, Joseph

Stage III. Celestial Spheres.

The Second Heaven. The Knowing, Moses.

Stage IV. Elemental Globes

Air. The alive.

The Jinn. The subtle.

The shape. The wise. Power of shape for all bodily forms.

The Third Heaven. The Subjugating, Aaron.

Water. Life-giver.

Stage VII. Human Beings. Spirituals shaped from clay.

Human beings. The all-comprehensive. All human types.

The Fourth Heaven. The Light, Idris (Enoch).

Earth. Death-giver.

Uplifter of degress. Goal of human rising in stages of spritual

ascent.

The Throne. The all-encompassing. Bodily thing assumesa specific shape.

Stage VI. Spirituals: Angels (created from light). Jinn (created from fire).

b'n al Arabi Letters.

bn al-'Arabi was a Sufi mystic born to an Arab family in Andalusia, 1165. The 28 letters reflect the 28 days of the 13 Moon Calendar