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Figure VII.3: 2-D, a unit square. It has length and width, and it is created by moving the line segment in a direction perpendicular to the line on which the segment lies.
In fact, just as the structure of angels is like our spirits, the jinn's structure is similar to the structure of our souls, as Ibn Arabi affirms: 'the inner (batin) of the human being is in fact jinn' [I.85.6], and also it is possible that the inner of jinn is angels and the inner of angels is the real, which is again another form to express the oneness of being.