17234271-Saykh-al-Akbar-Ibn-Arabī-brief-biography

Maw┐qi' al-Nuj
uj┴m (Settings of the Stars)
Written in eleven days at Almeria in Ramadan 595, for his companion and disciple
Badr al-╓abash┘, it explains what all spiritual masters need to teach, in fact the teachers
need it. It includes a detailed discussion of how all the faculties and organs of man
participate in Divine praise.
'Anq┐' ' Mughrib (The Fabulous Gryphon of the West)
This work was written around 595 during his final year in Spain. It describes in
rhymed prose the meaning of the station of the Ma╒d┘ and the Seal of the Saints, and the
rank of the Muhammadian Reality.
Insh┐' ' al-Daw
aw┐'ir
(The Description of the Encompassing Circles)
It was written in 598 in Tunis for Badr al-╓abash┘. It describes the fundamentals of
his metaphysics, discussing existence and non-existence, manifestation and nonmanifestation,
and the rank of the human being in the world, using diagrams and tables.
Mishkat al-Anwar
(The Niche of Lights)
Composed throughout the year 599 in Makkah, it comprises a collection of 101
╒ad┘th qudsi (Divine sayings). The work itself conforms to the tradition that recommends
the practice of preserving 40 had┘ths for the community.
╓ilyat al-Abd
Abd┐l (The Adornment of the Substitutes)
Written in 1203 (599) in the space of an hour during a visit to Ta'if, for Badr al-
╓abash┘, it describes the four corner-stones of the Way: seclusion, silence, hunger and
wakefulness.
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