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Originally Posted by iamthat
Ibn Arabi's doctrine of wahdat ul wujud focuses on the esoteric reality of creatures instead of exoteric dimension of reality. Therefore he interprets that wujud is one and unique reality from which all reality derives.
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However, in his Fustus, Ibn Arabi had to be very careful in what he wrote considering the fate of the Sufi Hallaj, who proclaimed "I AM the Truth" and was executed. (Hallaj is often called the Sufi Jesus for obvious reasons with a similar fate.)
Ibn Arabi pointed carefully to non-duality by quoting the Koran and interpreting it in his own unique style lest he suffer the fate of Hallaj.