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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
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TraditionAll (4)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (3)Sufism (0)Philosophy (1)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (0)Further afield (0)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)
GenreAll (82)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (1)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (4)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (61)The path (7)Lives and lineages (2)Prayer and litany (3)Lyric (1)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (3)
FormAll (4)Prose (3)Verse (0)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (1)
LanguageAll (4)Arabic (4)Persian (0)Greek (0)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (0)Hebrew (0)Other (0)
PeriodAll (4)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 (1)6th century AH (0)7th century AH (3)8th century AH (0)9th century AH (0)10th century AH (0)11th century AH (0)13th century AH (0)
In the readerAll (4)In the reader (3)Planned (0)Listed only (1)

4 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
The Meccan openingsالفتوحات المكيةIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader
Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ, book X (prophecy, law and the city)الإلهيات من الشفاء، المقالة العاشرةIbn Sīnā (Avicenna)Metaphysics and cosmology5th century AHArabicListed only
The ringstones of wisdomفصوص الحكمIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The book of circlesإنشاء الدوائرIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader

Records

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.

Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ, book X (prophecy, law and the city)

الإلهيات من الشفاء، المقالة العاشرة

al-Ilāhiyyāt min al-Shifāʾ, maqāla 10

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) (c. 370–428/980–1037)

Philosophy · Metaphysics and cosmology · Arabic · 5th century AH · Listed only

The closing book of the Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ: prophecy, the law-giver and the ordering of the city; his short Risāla fī l-siyāsa is a separate work.

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 1020s, Hamadhan, Isfahan (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Cairo ed. (Mūsā, Dunyā, Zāyid 1960) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Michael Marmura, The Metaphysics of the Healing (BYU 2005) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

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 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.