An Investigation and Critique of IbnArabaisInterpretation ofa Verse of the Holy Chapter Prohibition'

This paper focuses on IbnArabisperspective on the interpretation of the fourth verse of the holy chapter 'Prohibition'. It examines IbnArabi's attitude, as expressed in his famous work, towards the character of Aisha, Hafsa and their fathers, and has illustrated that IbnArabi has gone too far in admiring these characters, such that he has regarded their vices as their virtues;compared to all other Islamic interpreters, IbnArabihas held a completely divergent view on these people. His mistakes in admiring them and in interpreting the fourth verse of 'Prohibition' are substantiated in this paper, and consequently, not only this fourth verse, but the whole chapter, is deemed as an evidence of Aisha's and Hafsasdisobedience and rebel.