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The Meccan Openings (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya) — Ibn Arabi

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The Meccan Openings (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya)

الفتوحات المكية (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya)

Ibn Arabi a caballo con dos discípulos (miniatura safaví)
byIbn Arabi

A monumental work of 560 chapters in six sections, gathering all of Ibn Arabi's knowledge: the metaphysics of the divine names, cosmology, the esoteric interpretation of worship (purification, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage), the stations and abodes of the spiritual path, the hierarchy of saints and eschatology, together with many autobiographical episodes and visions. The author states that he did not compose it by reflection but through "openings" or illuminations received. It is the main source for his biography and the reference work of the whole Akbarian school; only part has been translated into European languages.

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Authorship note

Begun in Mecca in 1202; first redaction finished in 1231 and second in 1238, in Damascus. The autograph of the second redaction, in 37 volumes, survives in Istanbul. Incomplete critical edition by Osman Yahia (Cairo, 1972–1991); complete text in the Bulaq edition (1853; 2nd ed. 1876) and in that of Abd al-Aziz Sultan al-Mansub (Sanaa, 2010).

Editions and translations

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English

  • The Meccan Revelations, vol. I — Ibn Arabi

    The Meccan Revelations, vol. I

    Pir Press, 2002

    Translation: William C. Chittick y James W. Morris (ed. Michel Chodkiewicz)

    ISBN 9781879708167

    Vol. II (2004): 9781879708211.

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العربية

  • al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

    Bulaq, 1853

    Primera edición impresa (4 vols.); sin ISBN.

  • al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya (ed. crítica)

    al-Hay'a al-Misriyya al-Amma li-l-Kitab, 1972

    Translation: Osman Yahia (ed.)

    Edición crítica basada en el autógrafo de Konya; publicados 14 volúmenes (1972–1991), incompleta.

Français

  • L'alchimie du bonheur parfait — Ibn Arabi

    L'alchimie du bonheur parfait

    Berg, 1981

    Translation: Stéphane Ruspoli

    ISBN 2900269172

    Traducción parcial: el capítulo 167 de la Futuhat (Kimiyaʾ al-saʿada), con estudio del traductor.

  • Les Illuminations de La Mecque (textes choisis) — Ibn Arabi

    Les Illuminations de La Mecque (textes choisis)

    Albin Michel, 1997

    Translation: Michel Chodkiewicz, William C. Chittick, Cyrille Chodkiewicz, Denis Gril y James W. Morris

    ISBN 9782226094346

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Español

Deutsch

  • Urwolke und Welt: Mystische Texte des Größten Meisters — Ibn Arabi

    Urwolke und Welt: Mystische Texte des Größten Meisters

    C. H. Beck, 2002

    Translation: Alma Giese

    ISBN 9783406480553

    Selección traducida del árabe.

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Sources

  • Chittick, William C. The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-ʿArabi's Metaphysics of Imagination. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989.

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