Miftah al-Ghayb
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Miftah al-Ghayb is a seminal Sufi metaphysical treatise by Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi that systematically expounds the doctrines of Ibn Arabi’s school of Islamic mysticism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Miftah al-Ghayb canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6979515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miftah al-Ghayb Context triple: [Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, notableWork, Miftah al-Ghayb]
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A.
Lisān al-Ghayb
Lisān al-Ghayb is the honorific epithet of the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his perceived mystical insight into the unseen and the divine.
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B.
Mashahid al-Asrar
Mashahid al-Asrar is a seminal mystical treatise by the Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi that explores visionary experiences and esoteric spiritual insights.
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C.
Mishkat al-Anwar
Mishkat al-Anwar is a seminal mystical-philosophical treatise in Islamic thought that explores the metaphor of divine light and the nature of spiritual knowledge.
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D.
Muntaha al-Iradat
Muntaha al-Iradat is a classical Hanbali fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) manual that became one of the key reference works in later Hanbali legal scholarship.
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E.
Badhl al-Majhud
Badhl al-Majhud is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sunan Abu Dawud, widely used in advanced Islamic studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miftah al-Ghayb Target entity description: Miftah al-Ghayb is a seminal Sufi metaphysical treatise by Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi that systematically expounds the doctrines of Ibn Arabi’s school of Islamic mysticism.
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A.
Lisān al-Ghayb
Lisān al-Ghayb is the honorific epithet of the Persian poet Hafez, highlighting his perceived mystical insight into the unseen and the divine.
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B.
Mashahid al-Asrar
Mashahid al-Asrar is a seminal mystical treatise by the Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi that explores visionary experiences and esoteric spiritual insights.
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C.
Mishkat al-Anwar
Mishkat al-Anwar is a seminal mystical-philosophical treatise in Islamic thought that explores the metaphor of divine light and the nature of spiritual knowledge.
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D.
Muntaha al-Iradat
Muntaha al-Iradat is a classical Hanbali fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) manual that became one of the key reference works in later Hanbali legal scholarship.
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E.
Badhl al-Majhud
Badhl al-Majhud is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sunan Abu Dawud, widely used in advanced Islamic studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Sufi metaphysical treatise ⓘ |
| aim |
guidance for spiritual realization
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systematic clarification of Sufi metaphysical doctrines ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Akbarian metaphysics
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Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi’s school ⓘ |
| author | Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
divine names
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gnosis ⓘ levels of existence ⓘ spiritual stations ⓘ unity of being ⓘ unveiling ⓘ |
| circulation | traditional Sufi seminaries ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy | later Sufi commentators ⓘ |
| describedAs | systematic exposition of Ibn Arabi’s doctrines ⓘ |
| discipline | theoretical Sufism ⓘ |
| doctrinalLineage | Ibn Arabi ⓘ |
| expoundsDoctrineOf | Ibn Arabi’s school of Islamic mysticism ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic philosophy
ⓘ
Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi treatise
ⓘ
philosophical theology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on divine realities
ⓘ
chapters on ontology ⓘ chapters on spiritual realization ⓘ |
| importance |
key text of the Akbarian tradition
ⓘ
seminal work in Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hadith
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Ibn Arabi ⓘ Quran ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Islamic mysticism
ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| originalMedium | manuscript ⓘ |
| region | Islamic world ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Fusus al-Hikam
ⓘ
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| school | Akbarian school ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
scholars of Islamic mysticism
ⓘ
students of Ibn Arabi’s school ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Key to the Unseen ⓘ |
| usedIn | advanced Sufi training ⓘ |
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Subject: Miftah al-Ghayb Description of subject: Miftah al-Ghayb is a seminal Sufi metaphysical treatise by Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi that systematically expounds the doctrines of Ibn Arabi’s school of Islamic mysticism.
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