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

spiritual meaning and wisdom of a particular Prophet. The twenty-seven Prophets,
beginning with Adam and ending with Muhammad, are like the settings of a ring, holding
the Bizels of Wisdom, and represent all the different communities of humankind, under the
spiritual jurisdiction of Muhammad, their Seal.
Kit┐b Nasab al-Khirqa
(The Line of the Mantle of Initiation)
It describes his own spiritual affiliation and how he has been awarded the mantle of
Sufism in the different orders of Tasawwuf.
Al-D┘w┐n al-Kab
Kab┘r (The great Diwan)
Written over a period of many years, it consists of vast collections of poems he had
written.
Al-Fut
Fut┴h┐t t al-Makkiyya
(Makkan illuminations)
ions)
His magnum opus, begun in Makkah in 598 AH and completed its first draft in 20
manuscripts volume in 629 AH. A second draft of 36 volumes was completed in 636 AH. It
contains 560 chapters in six sections, and it was evidently intended as a kind of
encyclopaedia of Islamic Spirituality.
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