Written work
The Fabulous Gryphon
عنقاء مغرب في ختم الأولياء وشمس المغرب ('Anqa' mughrib)
A cryptic treatise on the seal of the saints and the Mahdi, the human being as microcosm and the succession of sainthood in time. The title alludes to the mythical bird everyone names and no one has seen. Gerald Elmore translated and studied it as the earliest exposition of Ibn Arabi's doctrine of sainthood.
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Authorship note
A work of his Maghribi period. No Spanish edition: title translated.
Editions and translations
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English
Islamic Sainthood in the Fullness of Time: Ibn al-'Arabi's Book of the Fabulous Gryphon
Brill, Leiden, 1999
Translation: Gerald T. Elmore
ISBN 9004109919
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 Contemplations of the Holy Mysteries · 1194
- 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 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
- Open Library, registros de ediciones y traducciones de los tratados menores de Ibn Arabi (Nyberg 1919; Anqa Publishing; Fons Vitae; Threshold; Éditions de l'Éclat; Éditions de l'Œuvre; Editora Regional de Murcia; Sirio), consultados el 2026-10-25.
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