Budd al-ʿĀrif
E654837
Budd al-ʿĀrif is a seminal Sufi philosophical treatise by the Andalusian mystic Ibn Sabin that explores the nature of divine knowledge and spiritual realization.
All labels observed (1)
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| Budd al-ʿĀrif canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7292066 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Budd al-ʿĀrif Context triple: [Ibn Sabin, notableWork, Budd al-ʿĀrif]
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A.
Shaykh al-Akbar
Shaykh al-Akbar is the renowned honorific title of the influential Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi, revered for his profound contributions to Islamic metaphysics and spirituality.
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B.
Abu Zayd al-Ansari
Abu Zayd al-Ansari was an early Arab grammarian and linguist renowned for his contributions to the development of classical Arabic grammar and philology.
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C.
Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din is the given name of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and leading disciple of Ibn Arabi.
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D.
al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali
Al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali is a seminal classical treatise on Islamic legal theory that systematically analyzes the principles and methodology of deriving Islamic law.
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E.
Suhrawardi
Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian philosopher and mystic best known as the founder of the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) school, which synthesized Peripatetic philosophy with ancient Iranian and Platonic ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Budd al-ʿĀrif Target entity description: Budd al-ʿĀrif is a seminal Sufi philosophical treatise by the Andalusian mystic Ibn Sabin that explores the nature of divine knowledge and spiritual realization.
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A.
Shaykh al-Akbar
Shaykh al-Akbar is the renowned honorific title of the influential Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi, revered for his profound contributions to Islamic metaphysics and spirituality.
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B.
Abu Zayd al-Ansari
Abu Zayd al-Ansari was an early Arab grammarian and linguist renowned for his contributions to the development of classical Arabic grammar and philology.
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C.
Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din is the given name of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and leading disciple of Ibn Arabi.
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D.
al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali
Al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali is a seminal classical treatise on Islamic legal theory that systematically analyzes the principles and methodology of deriving Islamic law.
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E.
Suhrawardi
Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian philosopher and mystic best known as the founder of the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) school, which synthesized Peripatetic philosophy with ancient Iranian and Platonic ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic mystical text
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Sufi philosophical treatise ⓘ work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain the nature of true knowledge of God
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guide seekers toward spiritual realization ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Andalusian Sufi tradition
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Western Islamic world ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic West
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| author | Ibn Sabʿīn ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Islamic intellectual circles ⓘ |
| considered |
important text in Sufi metaphysics
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seminal work in Ibn Sabʿīn’s corpus ⓘ |
| discusses |
direct experiential knowledge of the divine
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inner knowledge of God ⓘ limits of rational knowledge ⓘ relationship between God and creation ⓘ stations and states of the gnostic ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic theology
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metaphysics ⓘ mystical theology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
gnosis (maʿrifa)
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nature of the divine ⓘ path of the spiritual seeker ⓘ unity of being ⓘ |
| genre |
mystical treatise
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Andalusian mystical philosophy
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later Sufi thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic Neoplatonism
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Qurʾanic theology ⓘ earlier Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Sufism
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divine knowledge ⓘ mystical epistemology ⓘ spiritual realization ⓘ |
| period | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| region |
al-Andalus
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linked to:
Al-Andalus
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| religiousSchool | Sufism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Sufi educational contexts ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | “The Gnostic’s Necessity” ⓘ |
| workOf | Andalusian mysticism ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Budd al-ʿĀrif Description of subject: Budd al-ʿĀrif is a seminal Sufi philosophical treatise by the Andalusian mystic Ibn Sabin that explores the nature of divine knowledge and spiritual realization.
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