Ch2. E7. Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam (Seals of Wisdom), Wisdom of Seth

Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi In this video series, I examine Ibn Arabi's chapter on Seth through the commentators. Every reception discloses the receiver’s ontological capacity. The mirror image, the two bricks, the hierarchy of seals, and the paradox of knowing and not knowing are not metaphors but technical claims about how manifestation works. Episode 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvZJOy0FOg Guiding questions: Fixed Entities and Knowledge – How does Ibn ʿArabī explain the relationship between a human’s fixed entity (ʿayn al-thābita) and God’s Knowledge of that person? Divine Grace and Unveiling – Why does Ibn ʿArabī insist that even if humans can access their own fixed entity, this knowledge remains ultimately dependent on divine Grace and unveiling? Pre-creation vs. Post-creation Knowledge – What distinction does Ibn ʿArabī make between God’s pre-creation knowledge of fixed entities and humans’ knowledge of them after creation? Continuity of Prophethood and Sainthood – In what sense does Ibn ʿArabī draw a parallel between Seth’s continuation of Adam and sainthood (walāya) as the continuation of prophethood? Prophets and Saints – How does Ibn ʿArabī describe the shared ground and hierarchy between Prophets (nabī/rasūl) and Saints (awliyāʾ), especially regarding the “Seal of the Prophets” and the “Seal of the Saints”? Self-knowledge and Divine Knowledge – How does Ibn ʿArabī interpret the famous hadith “Whoever knows themselves knows their Lord,” and how does he connect it to the notion that the fixed entity reflects divine Names? The Maʿrif and Realization of Realities – What does Ibn ʿArabī mean by describing the ʿārif (the realized knower) as one who perceives beings through their realities, and how does this deepen the idea of knowing God through knowing oneself?   My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani #sufism #IbnArabi #Fusus_alHikam