“I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to the children. Yes, Father, for so it seemed good in your sight.” (Matthew 11: 25,26).
Nizam
NIZAM, THE SPIRITUAL BELOVED OF IBN AL-ARABÍ
NIZAM (Nidhâm)/BEATRICE
The Human Persian Nizam
The Spiritual Greek Nizam
We dedicate these Studies with All Our Soul and All Our Heart to Our TWO ETERNALLY AND INFINITELY BELOVED SOULS: THE FEMININE SPIRITUAL SOUL OR THE “NUKVAH” (MALCHUT OR “THE EARTH”, THE BUDDHI, THE WALKIRYA, THE SHEHINAH, THE BEAUTIFUL SHULAMITE OF THE SONG OF SONGS, NIZAM OR NIDHAM/BEATRICE), and To Her Spiritual Beloved: THE HUMAN SOUL, HEAVEN OR THE HEAVENS, TIPHERETH, THE HIGHER MANAS, ZEIR ANPIN.
NIZAM “… virginal, slender maiden who captivated glances, adorned meetings, delighted those who attended and filled with confusion those who contemplated her. Her name was Nizam (Harmony) and her nicknames were ‘Ainu ash-Shams (Pupil of the Sun) and Baba (Splendor). She was wise in matters of Islam, rigorous in her practice of Islam, frugal and ascetic in life , mistress of the two noble places of Islam (Mecca and Medina), disciple in the Faithful City, sovereign and blameless, of charming appearance, of an Iraqi elegance; if she was prolix, she possessed fluid eloquence, and if concise, she caused admiration; she possessed great clarity of exposition.
When she spoke, she would have silenced even Quss ibn Sa’ida; in her generosity she surpassed that of Ma’n ibn Zaida, and in her fidelity she left even Samaw’al behind… and were it not for weak spirits, given to suspicion and evil thinking, I would have detailed the beauty that Allah the Almighty had bestowed upon her figure and character, which was like a flowerbed, a rendezvous of generous rains, a sun among the wise, a garden among the learned, a sealed truth, a central jewel in the necklace, a pearl without equal in its time, the most precious in its generation, exuberant in nobility, lofty in outlook, mistress of the valley, the most illustrious in the assembly, her abode was perfection, and her dwelling was in the apple of the eye and in the heart within the breast. With her the heights of Tihama shone, and at her proximity the flowerbeds opened their buds, so that the summits of knowledge rose with the spiritual and mystical sciences that she possessed. In her there was angelic anointing and royal vision.” (Ibn Al-Arabi).
“One night,” he says (Ibn Al-Arabi), “I was in the temple of the Kaaba, walking, as required by the rite, around the holy dwelling. My mind felt at ease, and a strange peace took hold of my soul. In order to be alone, I left the temple and began to walk along the path. As I walked, I recited a few verses aloud, when suddenly I felt a hand softer than velvet touch me on the shoulder. I turned around and saw a Greek maiden standing before me. I had never seen a countenance of such beauty, nor had I heard a voice so sweet; I have never met a more endearing woman or one with such refined speech, who expressed such lofty thoughts in the most subtle language. Truly, she surpassed all the women of her time in delicacy of mind, literary culture, beauty, and erudition.” (Ibn Al-Arabi)
Khidr
“In his translation of the Qur’an Yusuf’ Ali compares Khidr to Melchizedek, “King of Salem and Priest of God Most High” (Gen. 14:18-20), represented by the writer of Hebrews (Reb 7:3) as an immortal.”
The Twelth Immam
“He whom Christians call the Paraclete [the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, Menahem the Comforter] is he whom we, Shiites, call the awaited Imam (the 12th Imam).”
(Haydar Âmolî, Disciple of Ibn Al-Arabi, 14th century)
The “12th Imam” is “The Mahdi” “the Guided One” and “the Guide”