The Meaning of the Unity of Existence and Its Proponent
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Question:
Or, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of the Unity of Existence that you mentioned, and who is the one who held to it? Is it Ibn al-Arabi?
Answer:
Al-Arabi, Ibn al-Arabi. What is Ibn al-Arabi? Ibn al-Arabi the proponent. As for Ibn al-Arabi with this description, he is a distinguished imam among the imams of the Maliki school. But this Ibn al-Arabi is the atheist. The Unity of Existence is that he holds that the entire universe is Allah, with no Creator and no created being; the entire universe is Allah. So whoever worships anything has worshipped Allah. All the polytheists worship Allah. Do they worship the idols? Do they worship the trees and the stones? They worship Allah, because the entire universe is Allah. This is the speech of al-Arabi and the Unity of Existence.
With the people of the earth, we ask Allah for safety, because this view was not held by Haddah or Ibn 'Awad. Yes.
Or, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of the Unity of Existence that you mentioned, and who is the one who held to it? Is it Ibn al-Arabi?
Answer:
Al-Arabi, Ibn al-Arabi. What is Ibn al-Arabi? Ibn al-Arabi the proponent. As for Ibn al-Arabi with this description, he is a distinguished imam among the imams of the Maliki school. But this Ibn al-Arabi is the atheist. The Unity of Existence is that he holds that the entire universe is Allah, with no Creator and no created being; the entire universe is Allah. So whoever worships anything has worshipped Allah. All the polytheists worship Allah. Do they worship the idols? Do they worship the trees and the stones? They worship Allah, because the entire universe is Allah. This is the speech of al-Arabi and the Unity of Existence.
With the people of the earth, we ask Allah for safety, because this view was not held by Haddah or Ibn 'Awad. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب من أطاع العلماء والأمراء في تحريم ما أحل الله أو تحليل ما حرم الله فقد اتخذهم أربابًا من دون الله — islamhouse.com (1:06:51)
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