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The Single Monad Model of the Cosmos

Ibn al-Arabi’s Concept of Time and Creation

Mohamed Haj Yousef

Table III.1: The correspondences between the seven Days of the divine Week and the seven heavens, seven earthly regions, divine Names, lunar mansions and letters of the Arabic alphabet. The information in this table is extracted from chapter 198 of the Fu

Day Number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Arabic Day Names

al-ahad

al-ithnayn

al-thulatha

al-arba a

al-khamis

al-jum a

al-sabt

English Day Names

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Divine Attributes

Hearing

Living

Seeing

Willing

Ability

Knowing

Speaking

Prophets Names

Idris

Adam

Aaron

Jesus

Moses

Joseph

Abraham

Arabic 'Planet' Names

al-shams

al-qamar

al-marrikh

al-katib

al-mushtari

al-zuhara

kaywan

English Planet Names

Sun

Moon

Mars

Mercury

Jupiter

Venus

Saturn

Creating divine Name

al-Nur

al-Mubin

al-Qahir

al-Muhsi

al- Alim

al-Musawwir

al-Rabb

Prayer

Imam

Ma mum

Isha

Asr

Zuhr

Maghrib

Subh

Constellation-Arabic

Simak

Iklil

Awwa

Zabana

Sirfa

Ghafr

Khirtan

Constellation-English

Arcturus

Corona

Bootes

Librae

Virginis

Cover

Mane

The Heaven

fourth

first

fifth

second

sixth

third

seventh

Earthly Region/Level

fourth

seventh

third

sixth

second

fifth

first

Arabic Letter

Nun-( )

Dal-( )

Lam-( )

Ţa -( )

Dad- ( )

Ra - ( )

Ya - ( )

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