![]() ![]() ![]() The Interpreter of Desires is a multi-layered love poem that, like the Song of Songs in the Bible and many of the courtly love songs of the Troubadours, reveals itself to ultimately be an exploration of the soul's yearning for God. ![]() ![]() Many of the poetry selections here are excerpts from his long poem The Interpreter of Desires. He spent the last ten years of his life in Damascus.Īmong his many writings, perhaps his most influential philosophical works are Spiritual Victories (al Futuhat al Makkiya) and Facets of Wisdom (al Fusus al Hikam). Ibn 'Arabi traveled throughout the Islamic world - Spain, North Africa, the Middle East. During a childhood illness, he had a transformative vision that set him firmly on the mystical path. When he was a boy, his family moved to Sevilla (Seville) where he began his studies. Ibn 'Arabi was one of the most prolific of Sufi writers, having composed an immense volume of work in his lifetime in both prose and verse, influencing philosophical and mystical thought, not only in the Muslim world, but also in Christian Europe.īorn in Murcia, in Moorish Spain, Ibn 'Arabi could trace his ancestry back to ancient Arabia. His was more of a structured approach to Sufi mysticism directed toward gnosis, in contrast to Rumi's mysticism which was more directed toward ecstatic annihilation in Love. Ibn 'Arabi is considered by many to be the greatest Sufi philosopher. ![]()
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