" Isa brought the dead to life because he is the Divine Spirit, and bringing to life belongs to Allah. The breath which 'Isa has is like the breath which Jibril has. The word belongs to
Allah. The bringing the dead to life by 'Isa is an actual revival inasmuch as it was manifested
from his breath as he was manifested from the form of his mother. His bringing to life is also
imagined to be from him, but it actually belongs to Allah. He joined the two by the reality on
which he is based even as we said that he is created from imaginary water and actual water.
Bringing-to-life is ascribed to him by means of actualisation in one aspect, and by
imagination in another aspect. In respect to actualisation, it is said of him that he brings the
dead to life. In respect to imagination (tawahhum), it is said that he breathes into it and it
becomes a bird by the leave of Allah. (7) The agent is in the prepositional phrase "by Allah's
permission", even though He did not breathe into it. It is also possible that the agent is the
one who breathes into it. It became a bird as regards physical form. In the same way, 'Isa
healed the blind and the lepers. "

― Ibn Arabi , The Bezels of Wisdom