As the night wore on, Amir felt his understanding of the spiritual journey expand. He realized that his search for certainty had been misguided, focused on intellectual comprehension rather than direct experience. Shaykh Ahmed's words and Lings' book had shown him that true certainty could only be found through the direct perception of the divine.
The book’s subtitle reveals its threefold structure: . Lings draws on the Qur’an, the Hadith, and especially the writings of Ibn ‘Arabī and ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī to outline the soul’s journey from outward belief to inward certainty.
As the night wore on, Amir felt his understanding of the spiritual journey expand. He realized that his search for certainty had been misguided, focused on intellectual comprehension rather than direct experience. Shaykh Ahmed's words and Lings' book had shown him that true certainty could only be found through the direct perception of the divine.
The book’s subtitle reveals its threefold structure: . Lings draws on the Qur’an, the Hadith, and especially the writings of Ibn ‘Arabī and ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī to outline the soul’s journey from outward belief to inward certainty.