This paper discovered that religious experience was based on individual recognition of his Lord, called fitrah (QS. al-A’rÄf [7]: 172). The intensity of recognition of Lord, however, is different for anyone depending on their capacity. Religious experience of the believer is finding the guidance (QS. at TaghÄbun [64]: 11), while for the muttaqÄ« is receiving the FurqÄn (QS. al-AnfÄl [18]: 29). Religious experience of the mujÄhid is achieving the guidance to go through the paths (QS. al-‘AnkabÅ«t [29]: 69). The author researched the interpretation of the verses of religious experience particularly in Ibn Arabī’s commentaries, Raḥmah min al-RaḥmÄn fÄ« TafsÄ«r wa IsyÄrÄt al-Qur`Än: Min KalÄm asy-Syaikh al-Akbar Muḥy ad-DÄ«n Ibn al-‘ArabÄ« and al-FutūḥÄt al-Makkiyyah. This article analysis 4 verses of Qur’an which has correlation with the discussion of religious experience. Through this work, it is clear that the religious experience is consequence of the primordial covenant between human and the Lord.
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