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The Single Monad Model of the Cosmos

Ibn al-Arabi’s Concept of Time and Creation

Mohamed Haj Yousef

4.1. Demonstrating the Intertwined Days:

As can be readily seen from Tables IV.2 and IV.3, the flow of time for the 'intertwined' days is even more complicated than that of the taken-out days. This complex relationship is shown graphically in Figure IV.2. Again, it would be more accurate to imagine this graph in three dimensions, but the graphic depiction is already very complicated in two dimensions. (A more accurate approach to what Ibn Arabi is actually describing would be to simulate this on the computer, taking into account smaller time-scales than hours.)

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