Akbari (Unity of Being)SufiHistorical figure

Ibn Arabi

1165–1240 · Murcia

About

Ibn 'Arabī was a Sunni Muslim Arab scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and Muslim philosopher from al-Andalus, who exercised notable influence within Sufi metaphysics and Islamic thought i

Sufi tradition
Akbari (Unity of Being)
Arabic

Biography

Ibn 'Arabī was a Sunni Muslim Arab scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and Muslim philosopher from al-Andalus, who exercised notable influence within Sufi metaphysics and Islamic thought in general. There are 850 works attributed to Ibn 'Arabi, though only 700 of these are considered authentic, and only 400 are extant. His cosmological teachings became a dominant intellectual framework in many regions of the Muslim world.

Teachings & topics

MysticismDivine loveRemembrance (dhikr)The heart

Lineage & relations

Teachers

  • Mohammed ibn Qasim al-Tamimi

    Teacher

  • Shams from Marchena

    Teacher

  • Fatima from Cordoba

    Teacher

  • Ibn Sab'in

    Influence

    Influenced by

Notable students

  • Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi

    Student

Bibliography

  • ʻUqlat al-mustawfiz2002 · Dār Ḥawrān lil-Ṭibāʻah wa-al-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ
  • The Seven Days of the Heart2000 · Anqa
  • Divine governance of the human kingdom =1997 · Fons Vitae