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Mystical Analysis of the Manifestation Verse … K.F. Mustafa et al / (25
For example, when man is but the prohibition of vision at
steadfast in the face of adversity the present has not been said,
and afflictions, man gets the and for this reason, Prophet
mountain meaning of stability Moses was capable to vision at
and described as a mountain. the moment of the manifestation.
Since the mountain that has Ibn Arabi believes that vision
the form and meaning was not was achieved for the Prophet
be able to stay stable before Moses and there was no prevention.
the Manifestation, surely Prophet Moses had the capability to vision
Moses, who has only the meaning the Divine Manifestation; but
of the mountain, will not remain did not have the capability to
stable against the Almighty survive after the Manifestation
Manifestation. (Ibn Arabi, 1997, because of his absorption (fanaa’)
Vol. 1: 495) after manifestation. Therefore,
there is nothing left for him
2. Manifestation and the after manifestation other than
Receptive Capacity what he saw, including survival,
Here the question arises whether pleasure, conversation, and receptivity
Moses had the capacity to vision which are all related to the
God or not? The Almighty said: formal manifestation (Tajali Souri).
“You will never see me and (Ibn Arabi, 1997, Vol. 4: 191)
this refers to the prohibition of There are other reasons for
vision”. It is true that the Almighty Moses to be unable to vision
said: “You will never see me”, the Almighty:
(Quran, 7: 143) and “Lan” is used • The impossibility of duality
for showing prohibition in the and the survival of
future, that is, seeing in the future haecceity at the station
will not be achieved in anyway,
of vision, which is revealed
