Ibn Arabi
(Muḥyi-d-Dīn ibn ‘Arabī al-Hātimī, al-’Andalusī)
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(name) Sufi saint (male); expositor of gnosis, born 1165, died 1240. |
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Ash-Shaikh al-Akbar (“The greatest master”). Wrote numerous Sufi treatises of which the most famous is his Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam and the most rich in content his Futūḥāt al-Makkiyah. |
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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
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Also called Ibn al-‘Arabī. |
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