Ibn Arabi
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Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ibn Arabi canonical | 37 |
| Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi | 6 |
| Ibn al-Arabi | 3 |
| Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi | 3 |
| Muhyī al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī | 2 |
| Ibn Arabi (al-Shaykh al-Akbar) | 1 |
| Ibn al-Aʿrabi | 1 |
| Ibn al-ʿArabī | 1 |
| Ibn ʿArabī | 1 |
| Muhy al-Din Ibn Arabi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Ibn Arabi Context triple: [Sufism, hasNotableFigure, Ibn Arabi]
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al‑Ghazali
Al-Ghazali was an influential 11th–12th century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and Sufi spirituality.
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Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose spiritually profound and lyrical works have made him one of the most beloved poets in world literature.
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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam was an 11th–12th century Persian polymath renowned as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer, best known in the West for the Rubáiyát in its English translation.
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Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
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Maimonides
Maimonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, legal scholar, and physician whose works, especially "The Guide for the Perplexed," profoundly shaped Jewish thought and influenced later rationalist philosophers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ibn Arabi Target entity description: Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
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A.
al‑Ghazali
Al-Ghazali was an influential 11th–12th century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and Sufi spirituality.
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B.
Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose spiritually profound and lyrical works have made him one of the most beloved poets in world literature.
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C.
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam was an 11th–12th century Persian polymath renowned as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer, best known in the West for the Rubáiyát in its English translation.
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D.
Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
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E.
Maimonides
Maimonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, legal scholar, and physician whose works, especially "The Guide for the Perplexed," profoundly shaped Jewish thought and influenced later rationalist philosophers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic philosopher
ⓘ
Islamic scholar ⓘ Islamic theologian ⓘ Sufi mystic ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ibn Arabi
ⓘ
surface form:
Muhy al-Din Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi ⓘ
surface form:
Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
Khwāja ⓘ
surface form:
Shaykh al-Akbar
|
| associatedConcept | Akbarian school ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1165-07-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Murcia
ⓘ
Andalusia ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
present-day Spain ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1165 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Damascus ⓘ |
| burialSite | Salihiyya, Damascus ⓘ |
| century |
12th century
ⓘ
13th century ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Islamic Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
|
| deathDate | 1240-11-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Ayyubid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Ayyubid Sultanate
Damascus ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1240 ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era |
Islamic Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Medieval Islamic period
|
| field |
Islamic mysticism
ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| fullName | Muhyiddin Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta’i ⓘ |
| genre |
mystical poetry
ⓘ
mystical prose ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Shaykh al-Akbar ⓘ |
| influenced |
Abd al-Karim al-Jili
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Henry Corbin ⓘ Ibn Sabin ⓘ Jami ⓘ Mulla Sadra ⓘ Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman Sufism
Persian Sufi poetry ⓘ Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ⓘ Shah Waliullah Dehlawi ⓘ Sufism ⓘ
surface form:
South Asian Sufism
Toshihiko Izutsu ⓘ William Chittick ⓘ later Islamic metaphysics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abu Madyan
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Hadith ⓘ Quran ⓘ al‑Ghazali ⓘ
surface form:
al-Ghazali
early Sufi tradition ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy |
central figure in classical Sufi metaphysics
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foundational source for Akbarian school of thought ⓘ major influence on later Islamic spirituality and philosophy ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic theology
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Quranic exegesis ⓘ Sufism ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ mystical poetry ⓘ |
| movement | Sufism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
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Unity of Being ⓘ Wahdat al-wujud ⓘ imaginal world (alam al-mithal) ⓘ oneness of existence and multiplicity of manifestations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fusus al-Hikam
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Insha al-Dawa’ir ⓘ Kitab al-Isra ila al-Maqam al-Asra ⓘ Mashahid al-Asrar ⓘ Tarjuman al-Ashwaq ⓘ al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Anatolia
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Mecca ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Syria ⓘ Islamic Spain ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
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| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolTradition | Akbariyya ⓘ |
| travelledTo |
Baghdad
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Cairo ⓘ Damascus ⓘ Konya ⓘ Mecca ⓘ |
| viewOnGod | God as absolute Being whose self-disclosure manifests all existents ⓘ |
| viewOnHumanity | human being as mirror of divine names ⓘ |
| viewOnReality | all existence is a manifestation of the One Being ⓘ |
| wroteInLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
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Subject: Ibn Arabi Description of subject: Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
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