When Sufism was at loggerheads with the legalitarian Islam embodied by the doctors of the Law, known as the fuqaha', according to Henry Corbin ... Ibn Arabi made no secret of his disgust at their stupidity, ignorance, and depravity, and such an attitude was not calculated to win their favor. The tension rose, giving rise to denunciations and arrests our shaikh was in mortal peril. At this critical moment the irreducible antagonism between the spiritual Islam of Sufism and legalitarian Islam became patent. Saved by the intervention of a friendly shaikh, Ibn Arabi had but one concern, to flee far from Cairo and its hateful, bigoted canonists. Where was he to seek refuge He returned to Meca (1207).
Quotes about denunciations (5 Quotes)
The denunciations about 18 million (being moved) to a bank account in Singapore during my trip are completely false,
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.
Reason stands aghast at the sight of an unprincipled, immoral, incorrigible public And the word of God abounds in such threats and denunciations, as must strike terror into the heart of every believer.
There was no relationship between denunciations and my resignation, ... Several reasons that make circumstances that oblige me to announce resignation here. It's not easy to understand, I know.