Anwar-e Ma`rifat

Ibn ʻArabi rejects the idea that the soul’s attachment to the body is accidental which prevailed among the philosophers contemporary with him. He disapproves the claim that the soul is essentially independent of and potentially separable from the body. To demonstrate the soul’s essential attachment to the body, he adheres to the principle of intuition and teachings of Islamic Law. He also makes use of the issue of ‘’ intermediary nature of the universal being’’ as well as the principle of man’s creation in the image of the Divine and other things. Using an analytical and documentary approach, the present paper addresses the question of the soul’s essential attachment to the body according to Ibn ʻArabi’s view.