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 records Streams

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 (16)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 (6)The path (2)Lives and lineages (1)Prayer and litany (3)Lyric (1)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (0)

FormAll (16)Prose (12)Verse (2)Prose with verse (1)Diagrams (1)

LanguageAll (16)Arabic (8)Persian (4)Greek (0)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (3)Hebrew (1)Other (0)

PeriodAll (82)Archaic and classical Greek (7)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (4)Late antique (4)2nd century AH (5)3rd century AH (6)4th century AH (6)5th century AH (8)6th century AH (12)7th century AH (16)8th century AH (4)9th century AH (4)10th century AH (3)11th century AH (2)13th century AH (1)

In the readerAll (16)In the reader (8)Planned (0)Listed only (8)

16 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲	Author	Genre	Period	Language	Status
Bacon's glossed edition of the SecretumSecretum secretorum cum glossis et notulis	Roger Bacon	Counsel and governance	7th century AH	Latin	Listed only
The Nasirean ethicsاخلاق ناصری	Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī	Counsel and governance	7th century AH	Persian	Listed only
The Meccan openingsالفتوحات المكية	Ibn ʿArabī	Metaphysics and cosmology	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
The prayer of effusionالصلاة الفيضية	Ibn ʿArabī	Prayer and litany	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
The weekly litaniesأوراد الأسبوع	Ibn ʿArabī	Prayer and litany	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
On the Rule of PrincesDe regimine principum	Giles of Rome	Counsel and governance	7th century AH	Latin	Listed only
On KingshipDe regno ad regem Cypri	Thomas Aquinas	Counsel and governance	7th century AH	Latin	Listed only
The ringstones of wisdomفصوص الحكم	Ibn ʿArabī	Metaphysics and cosmology	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
Rose Garden; Orchardگلستان؛ بوستان	Saʿdī of Shiraz	Counsel and governance	7th century AH	Persian	Listed only
The prayer of the highest circuitحزب الدور الأعلى	Ibn ʿArabī	Prayer and litany	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
The book of circlesإنشاء الدوائر	Ibn ʿArabī	Metaphysics and cosmology	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
Spiritual Coupletsمثنوی معنوی	Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī	The path	7th century AH	Persian	Listed only
The Path of God's Bondsmen from Origin to Returnمرصاد العباد من المبدأ إلى المعاد	Najm al-Dīn Rāzī Dāya	The path	7th century AH	Persian	Listed only
The spirit of holinessروح القدس في محاسبة النفس	Ibn ʿArabī	Lives and lineages	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
Secret of Secrets (Hebrew versions)סוד הסודות	Judah al-Ḥarīzī	Counsel and governance	7th century AH	Hebrew	Listed only
The interpreter of desiresترجمان الأشواق	Ibn ʿArabī	Lyric	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader

Records

Bacon's glossed edition of the Secretum

Secretum secretorum cum glossis et notulis

Roger Bacon (1214–1292)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Latin · 7th century AH · Listed only

Bacon edits the Philip-of-Tripoli text with glosses (on hygiene, optics, astrology), using it to argue for scientific reform.

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 1270s, Oxford/Paris (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Steele fasc. V (1920) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: Secret of Secrets (Latin versions) The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

The Nasirean ethics

اخلاق ناصری

Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī

Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (597–672/1201–1274)

Philosophy · Counsel and governance · Persian · 7th century AH · Listed only

Three parts: ethics (Miskawayh), household management (tadbīr-i manzil), and the management of cities (siyāsat-i mudun);

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

633/1235 (draft; unchecked) (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Mojtabā Mīnuvī and ʿAlī-Riḍā Ḥaydarī (Tehran 1356 sh/1977) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

G. M. Wickens, The Nasirean Ethics (London: Allen and Unwin 1964) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: Opinions of the people of the virtuous city The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
Resonance, not influence: Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ, book X (prophecy, law and the city) The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
Resonance, not influence: The refinement of character (recorded as lineage, shown as a resonance until its reference is checked) The Platonic Current's note cites TDV (“Tûsî, Nasîrüddin”) as saying the Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī follows the Tahdhīb al-akhlāq, giving page comparisons. That note was reused; the TDV article was not re-read this session. Confidence: medium. probable

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.

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 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.

On the Rule of Princes

De regimine principum

Giles of Rome (d. 1316)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Latin · 7th century AH · Listed only

Three books on self-governance (ethics), the household (economics), and the kingdom (politics): the Platonic-Aristotelian triad as in Ṭūsī.

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 1280, Paris (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Rome 1556 · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Briggs (Giles of Rome's De regimine principum: Reading and Writing Politics at Court and University, Stanford/Brill 1999) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: Politics; (pseudo-)Economics The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
Resonance, not influence: The Secret of Secrets The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

On Kingship

De regno ad regem Cypri

De regno

Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Latin · 7th century AH · Listed only

Monarchy best;

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

c. 1267, Rome/Orvieto (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Leonine ed. (vol. 42) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Gerald Phelan and I. Eschmann, On Kingship (Toronto 1949); Dyson (CUP 2002) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: Politics; (pseudo-)Economics The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

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.

Rose Garden; Orchard

گلستان؛ بوستان

Gulistān; Būstān

Saʿdī of Shiraz (d. c. 691/1292)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Persian · 7th century AH · Listed only

Gulistān book 1 is 'On the conduct of kings': tales of kings, viziers and dervishes;

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

1257-58, Shiraz (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

Yūsufī (Tehran 1368 sh) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Eastwick (1852, free); Wickens (1974) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: Mirror for Princes: The Qābūs Nāma The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

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 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

H. S. Nyberg (ed.), Kleinere Schriften des Ibn al-ʿArabī (Leiden, 1919) · public domain probable

Read it hereReader: complete, from Nyberg 1919.

Spiritual Couplets

مثنوی معنوی

Masnavī-yi maʿnavī

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 672/1273)

Sufism · The path · Persian · 7th century AH · Listed only

Royal parables: the king and the handmaiden (the soul and the divine physician), Sultan Maḥmūd and Ayāz, the king's hawk;

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

1258-73, Konya (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

R. A. Nicholson (Gibb Memorial 1925-40) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Nicholson (1925-40, free on archive.org); Jawid Mojaddedi (Oxford World's Classics) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: The Walled Garden of Truth The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
Resonance, not influence: The Conference of the Birds The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
Resonance, not influence: The Wonders of the Heart The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

The Path of God's Bondsmen from Origin to Return

مرصاد العباد من المبدأ إلى المعاد

Mirṣād al-ʿibād min al-mabdaʾ ilā l-maʿād

Najm al-Dīn Rāzī Dāya (d. 654/1256)

Sufism · The path · Persian · 7th century AH · Listed only

A Sufi path with a long chapter addressed to kings and rulers;

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

620/1223, Sivas (dedicated to Kayqubād I of Rum) (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

M. A. Riyāḥī (Tehran 1352 sh/1973) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Hamid Algar (Caravan 1982) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: The Wonders of the Heart The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

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.

Secret of Secrets (Hebrew versions)

סוד הסודות

Sod ha-sodot

Judah al-Ḥarīzī (c. 1170–1235 (draft says c. 1190–1225; unchecked))

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Hebrew · 7th century AH · Listed only

Medieval Jewish readers took the Secretum into Hebrew;

Attribution

authentic not yet checked

Date

13th c., Spain / Provence (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

M. Gaster, 'The Hebrew Version of the Secretum Secretorum', JRAS 1907-08 · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Not in the reader yet

Connected works

Resonance, not influence: The Secret of Secrets The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked

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.