Probing CLouds…
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Inside every Mosque is a niche, or recess, called the Mihrab - a vertical
rectangle curved at the top that points toward the direction of Makkah. The
Sufis know the Mihrab to be a visual symbol of an abstract concept: the
transcendent vagina of the female aspect of divinity. In Sufism, woman is
the ultimate secret, for woman is the soul. Toshihiko Izutsu writes, “The
wife of Adam was feminine, but the first soul from which Adam was born was
also feminine.”[16]
The Divine Feminine has always been present in Islam. This may be surprising
to many people who see Islam as a patriarchal religion. Maybe the reason for
this misconception is the very nature of the feminine in Islam. The Divine
Feminine in Islam manifests metaphysically and in the inner expression of
the religion. The Divine Feminine is not so much a secret within Islam as
She is the compassionate Heart of Islam that enables us to know Divinity.
Her centrality demonstrates her necessary and life-giving role in Islam.
