Ibn Arabi

Ash-Shaykh al-Akbar
Muḥyī ad-Dīn
Ibn ʿArabī
ابن عربي
Born28 July 1165
Died16 November 1240(1240-11-16) (aged 75)
EraMedieval philosophy
RegionMiddle Eastern philosophy
SchoolFounder of Akbarism
Main interests
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Muḥammad
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿArabī
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abū ʿAbd Allāh
Epithet (Laqab)Ibn ʿArabī
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Ḥātimī aṭ-Ṭāʾī

Ibn ʿArabī (Arabic: ابن عربي, ALA-LC: Ibn ʻArabī‎; full name: أبو عبد الله محـمـد بن عربي الطائي الحاتمي, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻArabī al-Ṭāʼī al-Ḥātimī; 1165–1240)[1] was an Andalusi Sunni scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher who was extremely influential within Islamic thought. Out of the 850 works attributed to him, some 700 are authentic, while over 400 are still extant. His cosmological teachings became the dominant worldview in many parts of the Muslim world.[2]

His traditional title was Muḥyiddīn (Arabic: محيي الدين; The Reviver of Religion).[3][4] After his death, practitioners of Sufism began referring to him by the honorific title Shaykh al-Akbar, (Arabic: الشيخ الأكبر)[5] from which the name Akbarism is derived. Ibn ʿArabī is considered a saint by some scholars and Muslim communities.[6][7]

Ibn 'Arabi is known for being the first person to explicitly delineate the concept of "wahdat al-wujud" ("Unity of Being"), a monist doctrine which claimed that all things in the universe are manifestations of a singular "reality". Ibn 'Arabi equated this "reality" with the entity he described as "the Absolute Being" ("al-wujud al-mutlaq").

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ibrahim Kalin, Salim Ayduz The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam, Vol. 1 (Oxford University Press, 2014 ISBN 9780199812578), p. 162
  3. ^ Corbin, Henry (2014). Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn Arabi. Princeton University Press. p. 76. ISBN 9781400853670.
  4. ^ Addas 2019, p. 9.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Chittick 2005, p. 1.
  7. ^ Al-Suyuti, Tanbih al-Ghabi fi Tanzih Ibn ‘Arabi (p. 17-21)

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