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Ibn 'Arabi describes meeting his first teacher
The first person I met on the Way was Abu Ja'far Ahmad al-'Uryani. He had arrived in Seville at a time when I had only just started to become acquainted with this noble Path. I was the first of those who hastened to him. I found a man totally devoted to remembrance of God.
I presented myself to him and he knew immediately the spiritual need which had brought me to him.
He asked me: "Are you firmly resolved to follow the Way of God?"
I replied: "The servant actively resolves, but it is God who establishes the outcome."
Then he said to me: "Close the door, sever all connections and keep company with the One who gives freely. He will speak to you without a veil."
I practised this until I achieved illumination.
Ruh al-quds
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