The Problem of Evil in Ibn Arabi's Thought

Without doubt there can be found some cases of evils and destructions such as ignorance, proverty, disabilities, earthquake and torrent in this world. The why and the how of these evils in this world have been posed in human mind for ever to such an extent that they formed one of the most important concerns in different religions and schools. In theoretical mysticism, the background of the problem goes back to Ibn Arabi in the seventh century. The question of this paper runs as: how does Ibn Arabi think of evil? Is it existential or nonexistential in his view? Given the former, how may it would be in agreement with the origin of existence as the only absolutely good thing? And what would be counted as its origin? Regarding individual unity of being and the best system, he has negated evil absolutely in the system of existence in the form of simple negation positively considered. He, however, has viewed nonexistential things as essential evil with regard to specifictions; while he agrees with a kind of relative evil in natural system in existential things and with a kind of essential evils in legislative system