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Works

Every work of the authors in the library’s orbit, in the reader or not: who wrote it, when, how it survives, where it can be read, and how it connects to other works. 82 so far. Where a field has not been checked against its source, it says so.
Checked on 2026-10-31
Table and recordsStreams
TraditionAll (16)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (8)Sufism (2)Philosophy (1)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (0)Further afield (5)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)
GenreAll (8)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (0)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (3)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (0)The path (0)Lives and lineages (1)Prayer and litany (3)Lyric (1)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (0)
FormAll (8)Prose (6)Verse (1)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (1)
LanguageAll (8)Arabic (8)Persian (0)Greek (0)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (0)Hebrew (0)Other (0)
PeriodAll (9)Archaic and classical Greek (0)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (0)Late antique (0)2nd century AH (0)3rd century AH (0)4th century AH (0)5th century AH (0)6th century AH (1)7th century AH (8)8th century AH (0)9th century AH (0)10th century AH (0)11th century AH (0)13th century AH (0)
In the readerAll (8)In the reader (8)Planned (0)Listed only (0)

8 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▼AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
The interpreter of desiresترجمان الأشواقIbn ʿArabīLyric7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The spirit of holinessروح القدس في محاسبة النفسIbn ʿArabīLives and lineages7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The book of circlesإنشاء الدوائرIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The prayer of the highest circuitحزب الدور الأعلىIbn ʿArabīPrayer and litany7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The ringstones of wisdomفصوص الحكمIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The weekly litaniesأوراد الأسبوعIbn ʿArabīPrayer and litany7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The prayer of effusionالصلاة الفيضيةIbn ʿArabīPrayer and litany7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The Meccan openingsالفتوحات المكيةIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader

Records

The interpreter of desires

ترجمان الأشواق

Tarjumān al-ashwāq

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Lyric · Arabic · 7th century AH · In the reader

Reader: poems I–X with Nicholson's translation and the poet's commentary.

Attribution
authentic: The reader catalogue lists it as his work; Yahia 1964 not yet in hand. probable
Date
not yet checked (author d. 638/1240) (basis: the author's death date) not yet checked
Translations
  • R. A. Nicholson, The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq (London, 1911), Arabic and English · en · public domain probable
Read it hereReader: poems I–X with Nicholson's translation and the poet's commentary.

The spirit of holiness

روح القدس في محاسبة النفس

Rūḥ al-quds

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Lives and lineages · Arabic · 7th century AH · In the reader

Reader: the portraits of his teachers.

Attribution
authentic: The reader catalogue lists it as his work; Yahia 1964 not yet in hand. probable
Date
not yet checked (author d. 638/1240) (basis: the author's death date) not yet checked
Read it hereReader: the portraits of his teachers.

The book of circles

إنشاء الدوائر

Inshāʾ al-dawāʾir

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Metaphysics and cosmology · Arabic · 7th century AH · In the reader

Reader: complete, from Nyberg 1919.

Attribution
authentic: The reader catalogue lists it as his work; Yahia 1964 not yet in hand. probable
Date
not yet checked (author d. 638/1240) (basis: the author's death date) not yet checked
Editions
Read it hereReader: complete, from Nyberg 1919.

The prayer of the highest circuit

حزب الدور الأعلى

Ḥizb al-dawr al-aʿlā

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Prayer and litany · Arabic · 7th century AH · In the reader

Reader: complete; attributed to Ibn ʿArabī.

Attribution
disputed: The reader labels it 'Ibn ʿArabī (attributed)'; the basis for the attribution has not been checked. not yet checked
Date
not yet checked (author d. 638/1240) (basis: the author's death date) not yet checked
Read it hereReader: complete; attributed to Ibn ʿArabī.

The ringstones of wisdom

فصوص الحكم

Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Metaphysics and cosmology · Arabic · 7th century AH · In the reader

Reader: chapters 1–6 and 15 (Adam, Seth, Noah, Enoch, Abraham, Isaac, Jesus); not the whole book.

Attribution
authentic: The reader catalogue lists it as his work; Yahia 1964 not yet in hand. probable
Date
not yet checked (author d. 638/1240) (basis: the author's death date) not yet checked
Read it hereReader: chapters 1–6 and 15 (Adam, Seth, Noah, Enoch, Abraham, Isaac, Jesus); not the whole book.

The weekly litanies

أوراد الأسبوع

Awrād al-usbūʿ

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Prayer and litany · Arabic · 7th century AH · In the reader

Reader: the opening prayer and Sunday's prayers only.

Attribution
authentic: The reader catalogue lists it as his work; Yahia 1964 not yet in hand. probable
Date
not yet checked (author d. 638/1240) (basis: the author's death date) not yet checked
Read it hereReader: the opening prayer and Sunday's prayers only.

The prayer of effusion

الصلاة الفيضية

al-Ṣalāt al-fayḍiyya

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Prayer and litany · Arabic · 7th century AH · In the reader

Reader: complete; attributed to Ibn ʿArabī.

Attribution
disputed: The reader labels it 'Ibn ʿArabī (attributed)'; the basis for the attribution has not been checked. not yet checked
Date
not yet checked (author d. 638/1240) (basis: the author's death date) not yet checked
Read it hereReader: complete; attributed to Ibn ʿArabī.

The Meccan openings

الفتوحات المكية

al-Futūḥāt al-makkiyya

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Metaphysics and cosmology · Arabic · 7th century AH · In the reader

Reader: the introduction and chapter 1 only.

Attribution
authentic: The reader catalogue lists it as his work; Yahia 1964 not yet in hand. probable
Date
not yet checked (author d. 638/1240) (basis: the author's death date) not yet checked
Read it hereReader: the introduction and chapter 1 only.