2.4.3.12 - The Holder of the Quran

In the Holy Spirit, the Shaykh says that one day, while I was sitting with him, a man brought his son to the master. He greeted him and told his son to do the same. By this time our master had lost his sight. The man informed him that his son was one who holds the whole of the Quran (in his memory). On hearing this the master’s whole demeanor changed as a spiritual state came upon him. Then he said to the man: It is the Eternal which carries the transient. Thus it is the Quran which both supports and preserves us and your son!

Ibn al-Arabi then explains that this incident is an example of his states of spiritual Presence. He was staunch in the religion of God and in all things blameless.