Apostolic Revelation from Ibn Arabi's Viewpoint

According to exoteric meaning of verses and traditions, apostolic revelation has seven features in Ibn 'Arabi's mystical system as follows: 1. It has an eternal source; 2- in the process of descent, the meanings are revealed by the angel of revelation. This angel is the Prophet’s teacher; 3- the angel of revelation not only manifests itself but also it puts the meanings into words (utterance); 4-on behalf of the Exalted Divine Truth, the angel of revelation reveals the meaning into the Prophet’s heart as utterance. On behalf of the Exalted Divine Truth, the Prophet recites Divine word to people; 5- the Prophet is commissioned to communicate apostolic revelation to people completely and preach its doctrines; 6- the Prophet sees the angel of revelation in his spiritual visions (formal-visual intuition), hears voices or divine words from its tongue in an audio-formal intuition, and comprehends all its semantic levels from these utterances in a spiritual vision as a part of formal intuition; 7- apostleship revelation cannot be acquired and achieved by exercise of self-discipline, therefore, it is impossible for friends of God to attain this aposotlic experience.