Ibn Arabi

Ibn Arabi (Murcia 1165 – Damascus 1240) was a wise man from Al Andalus (Spain), Sufi Muslim, philosopher and poet. Who speaks as he does, transcends every religion. As he may result suspected of heresy, and in order to avoid convictions, he went into exile successively in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Anatolia and Damascus.

There was a time, when I blamed my companion
if his religion did not resemble mine.
But now, my heart has become capable of every form:
it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks,
and a temple for idols and the pilgrim’s Kaaba,
and the tables of the Torah and the book of the Quran.
I follow the religion of Love, whatever way Love’s camels take.
That is my religion and my faith.