Ibn Arabi (Muḥyi-d-Dīn ibn ‘Arabī al-Hātimī, al-’Andalusī)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: (name) Sufi saint (male); expositor of gnosis, born 1165, died 1240

Long Description: Ash-Shaikh al-Akbar (“The greatest master”). Wrote numerous Sufi treatises of which the most famous is his Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam and the most rich in content his Futūḥāt al-Makkiyah.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)

Notes & References: Also called Ibn al-‘Arabī.