Ibn Arabi

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Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.

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instanceOf Islamic philosopher ⓘ
Islamic scholar ⓘ
Islamic theologian ⓘ
Sufi mystic ⓘ
metaphysician ⓘ
poet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Muhy al-Din Ibn Arabi ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Arabi

Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Arabi

Shaykh al-Akbar ⓘ
linked to: Khwāja
associatedConcept Akbarian school ⓘ
birthDate 1165-07-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Murcia ⓘ
al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia

present-day Spain ⓘ
birthYear 1165 ⓘ
burialPlace Damascus ⓘ
burialSite Salihiyya, Damascus ⓘ
century 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
citizenship al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Spain
deathDate 1240-11-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Ayyubid Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty

Damascus ⓘ
deathYear 1240 ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
era Medieval Islamic period ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
field Islamic mysticism ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
fullName Muhyiddin Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta’i ⓘ
genre mystical poetry ⓘ
mystical prose ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
honorificTitle Shaykh al-Akbar ⓘ
influenced Abd al-Karim al-Jili ⓘ
Henry Corbin ⓘ
Ibn Sabin ⓘ
Jami ⓘ
Mulla Sadra ⓘ
Ottoman Sufism ⓘ
Persian Sufi poetry ⓘ
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ⓘ
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi ⓘ
South Asian Sufism ⓘ
linked to: Sufism

Toshihiko Izutsu ⓘ
William Chittick ⓘ
later Islamic metaphysics ⓘ
influencedBy Abu Madyan ⓘ
Hadith ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali

early Sufi tradition ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legacy central figure in classical Sufi metaphysics ⓘ
foundational source for Akbarian school of thought ⓘ
major influence on later Islamic spirituality and philosophy ⓘ
mainInterest Islamic theology ⓘ
Quranic exegesis ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
mystical poetry ⓘ
movement Sufism ⓘ
notableIdea Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) ⓘ
Unity of Being ⓘ
Wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
imaginal world (alam al-mithal) ⓘ
oneness of existence and multiplicity of manifestations ⓘ
notableWork Fusus al-Hikam ⓘ
Insha al-Dawa’ir ⓘ
Kitab al-Isra ila al-Maqam al-Asra ⓘ
Mashahid al-Asrar ⓘ
Tarjuman al-Ashwaq ⓘ
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya ⓘ
regionOfActivity Anatolia ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Spain
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolTradition Akbariyya ⓘ
travelledTo Baghdad ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
Konya ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ
viewOnGod God as absolute Being whose self-disclosure manifests all existents ⓘ
viewOnHumanity human being as mirror of divine names ⓘ
viewOnReality all existence is a manifestation of the One Being ⓘ
wroteInLanguage Arabic ⓘ

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Ibn Arabi → alsoKnownAs → Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi ⓘ
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Ibn Arabi → alsoKnownAs → Muhy al-Din Ibn Arabi ⓘ
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Islamic philosophy → majorFigure → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
Al-Qarawiyyin University → notableAlumnus → Ibn al-Arabi ⓘ
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Dara Shikoh → influencedBy → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
Muhyiddin Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta’i → alsoKnownAs → Muhyī al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī ⓘ
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Wahdat al-wujud → associatedWith → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
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Henry Corbin → influencedBy → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
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Akbariyya → basedOnTeachingsOf → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
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Tarjuman al-Ashwaq → author → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
Insha al-Dawa’ir → author → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
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Mashahid al-Asrar → author → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
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Kitab al-Tawasin → influenced → Ibn Arabi ⓘ
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