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The Single Monad Model of the Cosmos

Ibn al-Arabi’s Concept of Time and Creation

Mohamed Haj Yousef

5.5. 'The Fifth Day' of Creation (al-khamis, Thursday):

And the motion of the Fifth Day (Thursday) came into existence from the (divine) Attribute of Ability (or 'Power', al-qudra), so there is no part of existence but that it has been enabled to praise the One Who gives it existence [II.438.16].

Jupiter (al-mushtari) is in the sixth heaven from the earth, and it and its sphere were brought into existence through the self-disclosure of divine Name 'the All-Knowing' (al- Alim). Allah created this heaven, its planet, the Fifth Day and the letter dad ( ) in the lunar mansion of the constellation Sirfa (which is the twelfth station of the twenty-eight moon stations), and He made it a dwelling place for the prophet Moses [paraphrasing II.444.25].

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