Mawāqiʿ al-nujūm
The Twilight of the Stars
"We wrote it in eleven days during the month of Ramadan in the city of Almeria, in the year 595. This book dispenses with the master, or rather the master himself also needs it. For among masters, one will be higher than another, and this book is on the highest level that the master can reach. There is no station higher in this sacred Law through which we are devoted to the worship of God. Those who own this book will find sustenance in it, with the help of God, since its benefits are immense."
In particular Ibn ʿArabi describes the ways in which the seven external parts of the body (eyes, ears, tongue, hands, stomach, genitals, feet) and the central organ of the heart participate directly in Divine praise.
"The knowledge of the obligations of these bodily parts is the knowledge of actions that lead one to [the realisation of] true happiness."