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

Tarjum┐n al-Ashw
shw┐q (Interpreter of Ardent Desires)
Compiled in Ramadan 611 AH in Makkah, although written over a longer period,
with a subsequent commentary composed later in the same year in Aleppo, it comprises
sixty-one love-poems dedicated to the person of Ni╘┐m, alluding to the real secrets of
mystical love and prophetic inheritance.
I╖═
╖═ilah
ilah┐t t al-╗┴
╗┴fiyya
(Sufi Technical Terms)
Written in Malatya 615 AH is an answer to a request from a dear friend and
companion. It consists of 199 brief definitions of the most important expressions in
common use amongst the people of God.
Kit┐b al-Isf
Isf┐r (The Unveiling of the Effects of Journeying)
This work is a meditation on the meaning of the spiritual journey in general and the
journeys of the Prophets in particular. These journeys are without end, in this world and
the next, and are described as "a reminder of what is within you and in your possession that
you have forgotten".
Kitab al-'Ab
'Ab┐di
dilah
(The Book of the Servants of God)
Written sometime before 626 AH, probably in Damascus, it consists of 117 sections
devoted to individuals called 'Abd Allah, the work conforms to a ╓ad┘th that man possesses
117 characteristics, and explains the realisation of these characteristics in terms of Divine
Names.
Fu╖┴╖
al-╓ikam
(Bezels of the Wisdoms)
Written sometime after a vision of the Prophet in 627 AH in Damascus, and in
accord with his (the Prophet's) order that it be written. Considered to be the quintessence
of Ibn 'Arab┘'s spiritual teaching, it comprises twenty-seven chapters, each dedicated to the
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