Written work
The Contemplations of the Holy Mysteries
مشاهد الأسرار القدسية (Mashahid al-asrar al-qudsiyya)
Fourteen visionary contemplations in which God converses with the author in paradoxical language, each introduced by the "rising" of a light. It is the most poetic work of his Andalusi period and one of the few fully translated into Spanish, in a bilingual edition.
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Authorship note
An early work, probably written in al-Andalus before 1200.
Editions and translations
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English
Ibn Arabi
Contemplation of the Holy Mysteries
The Conscious LibraryContemplation of the Holy Mysteries
Anqa Publishing, 2001
Translation: Cecilia Twinch y Pablo Beneito
ISBN no comprobado en catálogo.
Español
Ibn Arabi
Las contemplaciones de los misterios
The Conscious LibraryLas contemplaciones de los misterios
Editora Regional de Murcia, 1994
Translation: Suad Hakim y Pablo Beneito
ISBN 8475641571
Edición bilingüe árabe-castellano.
Other works by Ibn Arabi
- The Meccan Openings (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya) · 1238
- The Bezels of Wisdom (Fusus al-hikam) · 1229
- The Interpreter of Desires (Tarjuman al-ashwaq) · 1215
- The Treasures of Lovers (commentary on the Tarjuman) · 1215
- The Spirit of Holiness (portraits of Andalusi masters) · 1203
- The Setting-Places of the Stars · 1199
- The Book of Theophanies · 1205
- Treatise on Unity (attributed)
- The Production of the Circles
- Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom
- The Book of Majesty and Beauty
- What the Seeker Needs
- The Adornment of the Spiritually Transformed · 1203
- Journey to the Lord of Power · 1205
- The Book of the Night Journey · 1198
- The Precious Pearl
- The Fabulous Gryphon · 1199
- The Niche of Lights (Divine Sayings) · 1203
- The Universal Tree and the Four Birds
- The Seven Days of the Heart
- The Unveiling of the Effects of the Journey
- The Secret of the Names of God
- The Brilliant Star: The Virtues of Dhu l-Nun the Egyptian
- The Tree of Being
- The Book of Mim, Waw and Nun
- The Great Diwan (mystical poetry)
- Discourse of the Righteous and Night-Talk of the Chosen
- The Profession of Faith
- Treatises of Ibn Arabi (collection) · 1948
Sources
- Addas, Claude. Ibn ʿArabī ou la quête du Soufre Rouge. París: Gallimard, 1989. Trad. inglesa: Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn ʿArabī. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1993.
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