Discuss the three stages (steps) Ibn Arabi describes through which one can connect with the path of truth (come closer to God). How does Ibn Arabi see the importance of the Beautiful 99 Names of God? What are the main features that define Rumis mystical (Sufi) thought?

Reading: Bruce Lawrence, The Quran: A Biography, pp. 108-130 (available on blackboard, week 11).
Discuss the three stages (steps) Ibn Arabi describes through which one can connect with the path of truth (come closer to God).
How does Ibn Arabi see the importance of the Beautiful 99 Names of God?
What are the main features that define Rumis mystical (Sufi) thought?
Explain the role that the Quran plays in the mystical thought of both Ibn Arabi and Rumi.

Discuss the three stages (steps) Ibn Arabi describes through which one can connect with the path of truth (come closer to God). How does Ibn Arabi see the importance of the Beautiful 99 Names of God? What are the main features that define Rumis mystical (Sufi) thought?

Discuss the three stages (steps) Ibn Arabi describes through which one can connect with the path of truth (come closer to God). How does Ibn Arabi see the importance of the Beautiful 99 Names of God? What are the main features that define Rumis mystical (Sufi) thought?