Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi
1165-1240
Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, one of the greatest mystics of any age, was born in Murcia in the year 1165, and from his earliest youth displayed remarkable intellectual and spiritual aptitude. He travelled extensively throughout the Islamic world, conversing with mystics, divines and philosophers. His teaching is based on the primordial principle, which underlies all spiritual traditions, of the absolute unity of existence. In more than 400 books the meanings and expression of this principle are set down with extraordinary clarity and fullness. Ibn 'Arabi died in Damascus in 1240. His influence is pervasive and profound, and he is known to many as al-Sheikh al-Akbar - 'the Greatest Teacher'.
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