The Great Master of the Gnosis of Sufism IBN AL-ARABÍ of Andalusia (1165-1240), gives Testimonies of his encounters with a Venerable Old Woman and Great Sufi Gnostic Master, FÁTIMA DE CÓRDOBA, who was His Master whom Ibn Al-Arabí recognized as His SPIRITUAL MOTHER, and She herself recognized herself as THE DIVINE MOTHER of Her Son IBN AL-ARABÍ…
“Nunna Fatima bint Ibn al-Mutanná of Cordoba was the second woman, along with Jasmine – apart from his mother and his wife – who had a great influence on Ibn al-Arabi. He met her in Seville when she was over ninety-five years old and felt ashamed to look at her, since she had a face as beautiful as a fourteen-year-old adolescent. He portrays her as an exemplary mystic possessed of innumerable charismas and capable of great evocations of the intelligible world, even embodying the sura Fatiha, given to her by God to do with as she pleased; however, despite having Fatiha as a servant, she was never distracted from thinking about God. She is called the spiritual mother of Ibn al-Arabi and she often told him: “I am your Divine Mother and the light of your earthly mother!”
