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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Sufism hasNotableFigure Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi alsoKnownAs Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi alsoKnownAs Muhy al-Din Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
al-Hallaj influenced Ibn Arabi
subject linked to: al‑Hallaj
Islamic philosophy majorFigure Ibn Arabi
Al-Qarawiyyin University notableAlumnus Ibn al-Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
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
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Wahdat al-wujud associatedWith Ibn Arabi
Jami influencedBy Ibn ʿArabī
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Henry Corbin influencedBy Ibn Arabi
Akbariyya inspiredBy Ibn Arabi
Akbariyya basedOnTeachingsOf Ibn Arabi
Akbariyya associatedWith Ibn Arabi
Akbariyya namedAfter Ibn Arabi (al-Shaykh al-Akbar)
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Akbariyya hasKeyFigure Ibn Arabi
Akbarian school namedAfter Ibn Arabi
Akbarian school influencedBy Ibn Arabi
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya author Ibn Arabi
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya authorName Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Fusus al-Hikam author Ibn Arabi
Fusus al-Hikam authorName Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Tarjuman al-Ashwaq author Ibn Arabi
Insha al-Dawa’ir author Ibn Arabi
Insha al-Dawa’ir authorName Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Mashahid al-Asrar author Ibn Arabi
Mashahid al-Asrar authorName Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Kitab al-Tawasin influenced Ibn Arabi
Mulla Sadra influencedBy Ibn Arabi
Abu Madyan influenced Ibn Arabi
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi studentOf Ibn Arabi
Kitab al-Isra ila al-Maqam al-Asra relatedWorkAuthor Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Kitab al-Isra ila al-Maqam al-Asra associatedFigure Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
William Chittick influencedBy Ibn Arabi
Shaykh al-Akbar refersTo Ibn Arabi
Shaykh al-Akbar usedFor Ibn al-Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi
Shaykh al-Akbar honorificFor Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
linked to: Ibn Arabi