"The beginning of our love for Him is through listening, not vision, which is His Utterance to us in our non-existence: 'Be!' This is why we move in ecstasy when hearing melodies, due to Kun that ushers from Divine Names ... Divine Realities that usher from melodies are stronger than those from speech ... Melodies and notes first appeared in the Divine Throne then descended to our world." Ibn al-Arabi
"The beginning of our love for Him is through
listening, not vision, which is His Utterance to us in
our non-existence: 'Be!' This is why we move in
ecstasy when hearing melodies, due to Kun that
ushers from Divine Names ... Divine Realities that
usher from melodies are stronger than those from
speech ... Melodies and notes first appeared in the
Divine Throne then descended to our world."
Ibn al-Arabi