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The Meccan Openings
al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Islamic esotericism
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Notable Wikipedia has an article about it in 8 languages.
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From Wikipedia
The Meccan Revelations is the major work of the philosopher and Sufi Ibn Arabi, written between 1203 and 1240.
From the Wikipedia article Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, revision 1362022480, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q12190853: “book by Ibn Arabi”.
In this study
In the chronology, in Ibn ʿArabī's account.
A gigantic encyclopedic treatment of cosmology, spiritual practice, mystical states, prophecy, imagination and metaphysics.