THE MECCAN REVELATIONS (Part-II) – Selected Texts of al-Futuhat al-Makkiya

THE MECCAN REVELATIONS (Part-II)

Perhaps no mystic in the history of the world has delved as deeply into the inner knowledge that informs our being as did Ibn ‘Arabi. He was born into the cultural and religious crucible of Andalusian Spain in 1165, a place and time in which Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars learned from each other and’ from the Greek classics that were then being translated and circulated. Drawing from the most advanced philosophical and metaphysical thinking of his time and from his extensive knowledge of the religion of Islam, Ibn ‘Arabi created an extraordinary mystical theology that essentially sprang from his own spiritual realization. Because of the advance natute of his teachings he has been known for 800 yeats as the Sheikh al-Akbar, or the Greatest Master. Because of the subtlety of his language and complexity of his thought, access to Ibn ‘Arabi has always been difficult and translation daunting. Previously only short extracts wete available in English.

Describing what is fundamental to our humanity, it is astonishingly universal. Finally readers in the West have an enirée into one of the most important, profound works of world literature. Second volume contains key chapters of this Sufi “summa mystica,’ on such topics as the gnostic and the sacred law, the mystic properties of the Qur’anic letters, the secrets of Forgiveness and the attainment of Divine Nearness, successfully edited and translated by some of the most accomplished scholars of out age.

Author: Ibn Arabi
Publisher: Suhail Academy
Pages: 269
Binding: hardback