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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 (82)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (9)Sufism (7)Philosophy (13)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (10)Further afield (43)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 (9)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 (9)In the reader (8)Planned (0)Listed only (1)

9 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
The Meccan openingsالفتوحات المكيةIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The prayer of effusionالصلاة الفيضيةIbn ʿArabīPrayer and litany7th century AHArabicIn the reader
Divine governance of the human kingdomالتدبيرات الإلهية في إصلاح المملكة الإنسانيةIbn ʿArabīCounsel and governance6th century AHArabicListed only
The weekly litaniesأوراد الأسبوعIbn ʿArabīPrayer and litany7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The ringstones of wisdomفصوص الحكمIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The prayer of the highest circuitحزب الدور الأعلىIbn ʿArabīPrayer and litany7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The book of circlesإنشاء الدوائرIbn ʿArabīMetaphysics and cosmology7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The spirit of holinessروح القدس في محاسبة النفسIbn ʿArabīLives and lineages7th century AHArabicIn the reader
The interpreter of desiresترجمان الأشواقIbn ʿArabīLyric7th 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.

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.

Divine governance of the human kingdom

التدبيرات الإلهية في إصلاح المملكة الإنسانية

al-Tadbīrāt al-ilāhiyya fī iṣlāḥ al-mamlaka al-insāniyya

Ibn ʿArabī (560–638/1165–1240)

Ibn ʿArabī · Counsel and governance · Arabic · 6th century AH · Listed only

Counsel on governing the human being as a kingdom under the intellect. Its preface sets it against the Sirr al-asrār's governance of the worldly kingdom, and addresses both the servant of kings and the traveller on the path.

Attribution
authentic: The text opens in his own name, 'Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-ʿArabī al-Ḥātimī al-Ṭāʾī' (Nyberg, first text page, unnumbered), and speaks in the first person of its composition (pp. 120–121). Yahia 1964, the specialist reference, is not yet in hand. checked in H. S. Nyberg (ed.), Kleinere Schriften des Ibn al-ʿArabī (Leiden: Brill, 1919); the Tadbīrāt is printed in the Arabic section, text pp. 103–240 (see LEDGER)
Date
Composed at Mawrūr (Morón) 'in under four days' (dūn al-arbaʿa al-ayyām, Nyberg p. 121); the year is not yet established (draft: before 598/1202), Mawrūr (Morón), al-Andalus (basis: date of composition) probable
Editions
Translations
  • Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi, Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom (Fons Vitae, 1997), reported by the draft as made from Ottoman Turkish; unchecked · en · cite only not yet checked
Read it at H. S. Nyberg (ed.), Kleinere Schriften des Ibn al-ʿArabī (Leiden: Brill, 1919), Arabic text of the Tadbīrāt pp. 103–240 (title page unnumbered; p. 240 ends 'tamma al-kitāb'), with sigla B1, B2, B3, U

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: Epistles of the Brethren of Purity; The Case of the Animals versus Man before the King of the Jinn The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
  • Resonance, not influence: The refinement of character The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
  • Lineage: The Secret of Secrets The preface names it (Nyberg pp. 120–121, read from the page images). At Mawrūr, with Abū Muḥammad al-Mawrūrī, Ibn ʿArabī found the 'Kitāb Sirr al-asrār', which 'the sage' (al-ḥakīm) composed for Dhū l-Qarnayn; he was asked to set against it the governance of the human kingdom, 'in which is our happiness'. He says he put into his book more on governing a kingdom than the sage did and made clear what the sage left out, and that the sage's book is a quarter or a third of its size. He names the author only as 'the sage' and the king as Dhū l-Qarnayn; the title identifies the book. Confidence: high. checked in H. S. Nyberg (ed.), Kleinere Schriften des Ibn al-ʿArabī (Leiden: Brill, 1919); the Tadbīrāt is printed in the Arabic section, text pp. 103–240 (see LEDGER)
  • Resonance, not influence: Republic Both treat the ruled soul as a polity under reason. No source seen documents a route from the Republic to the Tadbīrāt; the Tadbīrāt's preface names the Sirr al-asrār, not the Republic or al-Fārābī. Confidence: low. probable

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
Read it hereReader: complete, from Nyberg 1919.

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.