Note on References and Bibliography
In addition to the usual bibliographical references that will be included at the end of this book, and referenced properly in the text, most of the other quotes are based on Ibn al-Arabi’s major comprehensive work of the “Meccan Revelations” (“Al-Futuhat Al-Makkiyya”). Therefore, because we are going to refer to this book very often, we shall use a short reference style directly in the text, without using footnotes, enclosed by medium brackets with the form: [X.000.00], which means: [volume.page.line]. When the line number is omitted, the reference is in the entire page, or a range of pages like this [II.229-231]. For all this, we have used the standard edition re-published by many houses based on (photocopy of) the old edition of Bulaq, published in 1911, in four volumes each about 600-700 pages of 35 lines, as it will be also listed in the Bibliography. You should notice, however, that newer type-scripted editions maybe different although some of them are also four volumes.
In addition to the Futuhat, we also used short form of references to many other books by Ibn al-Arabi, like: Ayyam al-Shaaan, al-Tanazzulat al-Mawsiliyya and al-Durrat ul-Bayda, which will be also listed in the bibliography, together with a list of other useful books on or by Ibn al-Arabi.
All references to the Holy Quran shall be indicated also in the text; after each verse quoted or meaning indicated in the text we shall add a reference like that [xx:yy] where xx refers to the number of Sura (chapter) and yy is the number of Aya (verse).
To simplify the reading, especially for the general unspecialized readers, I have omitted references to most prophetic narrations, using instead Ibn al-Arabi’s interpretations of them, which are referenced as explained above. Readers who are interested to learn more about these specific cosmological prophetic narrations, are kindly directed to the previous book on the Single Monad Model where these narrations are referenced and discussed in different contexts as they appear in the text.
The general reviews, especially in chapters II and III, of the main relevant conceptions and theories in natural philosophy, modern physics and cosmology, are summarized from texts and information widely available on free Internet websites, such as Wikipedia, so we shall not need to reference and cite other than the otherwise serious issues and crucial claims.
The science of Time is a noble science, that reveals the secret of Eternity. Only the Elites of Sages may ever come to know this secret. It is called the First Age, or the Age of ages, from which time is emerging.
