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‘Sultan of Gnostics, Shaykh al-Akbar’: for the past eight centuries the profound spiritual influence of Ibn ‘Arabī has been a major point of reference in Sufism. Yet apart from a handful of specialised studies little has been written in the English language about this visionary metaphysician—known as ‘the supreme Master’. His writings are inseparable from his life. They cannot be isolated from the various stages of his inner experience or from his lengthy wanderings from West to East, across the Muslim world, which was menaced on the one hand by the Reconquista and on the other by the Crusades. In the drama of both his inner and outer life his companions and his contemporaries were far from being mere onlookers. The places where he stayed, and the events he lived through. represent a great deal more than so many anecdotal details providing the background for his spiritual quest. Until the publication of this book, anyone who wanted to learn about the life of Ibn ‘Arabī has had little choice of materials to work from. This major study by Claude Addas is based on a detailed analysis of the whole range of Ibn ‘Arabī's own writings as well as a vast amount of secondary literature in bo

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Author

Claude Addas, Peter Kingsley

Publisher

Islamic Texts Society

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9789695190104

Category

biography

Subjects

Science, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

4.45 / 5 (63 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14