Ibn Arabi

Born

July 25, 1165

Died

November 16, 1240 (aged 75)

Known as

philosopher, poet, writer

Ibn al-ʿArabī was a Muslim Arab scholar, mystic, poet, and philosopher from al-Andalus, who exercised notable influence within Sufi metaphysics and Islamic thought in general. There are 850 works attributed to Ibn al-ʿArabī, though only 700 of these are considered authentic, and only 400 are extant. His cosmological teachings became a dominant intellectual framework in many regions of the Muslim world.

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