Note 420 — PART II THE DIVINE COMEDY COMPARED WITH OTHER MOSLEM LEGENDS ON THE AFTER-LIFE (continued 2)

Ibn Arabi’s symbol is as difficult to interpret; for besides the three circles representing God in His three manifestations of spiritual matter, intellect, and soul, he speaks of the manifestation of God through three veils, or under three names (Futuhat, I, 418). Again, the manifestations of the Divine names he symbolises by eccentric circles of diverse radius (Futuhat, III, 558). Ibn Arabi does not mention the colours of these Divine epiphanies, but in the Corra, 125, the Divinity is said to appear to the elect wrapt in a white light with shades of green, red, and yellow.