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 (9)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (8)Sufism (0)Philosophy (0)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (1)Further afield (0)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)

GenreAll (9)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 (1)The path (0)Lives and lineages (1)Prayer and litany (3)Lyric (1)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (0)

FormAll (9)Prose (7)Verse (1)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (1)

LanguageAll (9)Arabic (8)Persian (0)Greek (1)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (0)Hebrew (0)Other (0)

PeriodAll (9)Archaic and classical Greek (1)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 (0)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 (82)In the reader (9)Planned (0)Listed only (73)

9 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲	Author	Genre	Period	Language	Status
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
The ringstones of wisdomفصوص الحكم	Ibn ʿArabī	Metaphysics and cosmology	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
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
RepublicΠολιτεία	Plato	Counsel and governance	Archaic and classical Greek	Greek	In the reader
The spirit of holinessروح القدس في محاسبة النفس	Ibn ʿArabī	Lives and lineages	7th century AH	Arabic	In the reader
The interpreter of desiresترجمان الأشواق	Ibn ʿArabī	Lyric	7th century AH	Arabic	In 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.

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.

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 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.

Republic

Πολιτεία

Politeia

Plato (c. 428–348 BCE)

Greek sources · Counsel and governance · Greek · Archaic and classical Greek · In the reader

The city as the soul written large, and the philosopher fit to rule because reason governs. No full Arabic translation is attested; SEP records one translated passage (VI 506d–509b).

Attribution

authentic checked in This site: app/src/lib/catalogue.ts (texts in the reader)

Date

c. 375 BCE (draft; unchecked), Athens (basis: date of composition) not yet checked

Editions

B. Jowett, The Republic (1892), as shown alongside the Greek in the reader · public domain checked in This site: app/src/lib/catalogue.ts (texts in the reader)
J. Burnet, Oxford Classical Texts (1902); S. R. Slings OCT (2003) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked

Translations

Jowett (1892) · en · public domain checked in This site: app/src/lib/catalogue.ts (texts in the reader)

Read it herePartial: the reader holds Books VI–VII (the Sun, the Line and the Cave) only.

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 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.