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Perspectives, Relationships and Relativity in Ibn al - ‘Arabī’s Thought 86 God through another device will see the way blocked . That is because finding God means the affirmation of His unity ( ithbāt al - tawḥīd ) regarding essence, attributes and acts . Consequently, the act of seeking is God’s, and whoever denies this, actually believes in the existence of a copartner to God whether it is the human being or other entity . Thus, this way is blocked, and there is no contradiction between the two assertions . 34 In sum, here too, Ibn al - ‘Arabī uses his system of judging values in keeping with perspectives . In the present discussion, he uses the perspective of the report itself and the perspective of the giver of the report . Both perspectives lead him to the conclusion of the preference of belief deriving not from proofs, even if they are based on miracles, but rather from divine bestowal . However, our author points out more than once that reason legitimizes the Qur’ān, and this is...
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