Mysticism and philosophy in al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra, Ibn al-'Arabi and the Ismā'ili tradition

Michael Ebstein

Mysticism and philosophy in al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra, Ibn al-'Arabi and the Ismā'ili tradition

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Abstract

Muslim Spain gave rise to two unusual figures in the mystical tradition of Islam: Ibn Masarra (269/883-319/931) and Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165-638/1240). Representing, respectively, the beginning and the pinnacle of Islamic mysticism in al-Andalus, Ibn Masarra and Ibn al-ʿArabī embody in their writings a type of mystical discourse which is quite different from the Sufi discourse that evolved in the Islamic east during the 9th-12th centuries. In Mysticism and Philosophy in al-Andalus , Michael Ebstein points to the Ismāʿīlī tradition as one possible source which helped shape the distinct intellectual world from which both Ibn Masarra and Ibn al-ʿArabī derived. By analyzing their writings and the works of various Ismāʿīlī authors, Michael Ebstein unearths the many links that connect the thought of Ibn Masarra and Ibn al-ʿArabī to the Ismāʿīlī tradition.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Leiden; Boston
Number of pages	276
ISBN (Electronic)	9004255362, 9004255370, 9789004255364, 9789004255371
State	Published - 2014

Publication series

Name	Islamic history and civilization
Publisher	Brill
Volume	volume 103

ULI Keywords

uli
<<al->>'Arabi, Muhyi Al-Din
<<ال>>أندلسي، محمد بن علي، ابن العربي، -- 1165-1240
<<ال>>حاتمي، محمد بن علي، ابن العربي، -- 1165-1240
<<ال>>طائي، محمد بن علي، ابن العربي، -- 1165-1240
<<ال>>عربي، محمد بن علي، محيي الدين، -- 1165-1240
<<ال>>قرطبي، محمد بن عبد الله، ابن مسرة، -- 883-931
<<ال>>مرسي، محمد بن علي، ابن العربي، -- 1165-1240
Abenarabi -- 1165-1240
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Arabi (Muhyiddin)
Andalusi, Mehmet bin Ali -- 1165-1240
Ibn Arabi -- 1165-1240
Ibn Arabi Muhyid-din -- 1165-1240
Ibn Masarra -- 882 or 3-931
Ibn Masarrah, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh -- 882 or 883-931
Ibn Masarrah, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh -- 882 or 3-931
Ibn al-'Arabi, Muhammad ibn 'Ali Muhyi al-Din
Ibn al-Arabi -- 1165-1240
Ibn al-Arabi, Muhyi al-Din -- 1165-1240
Islamic philosophy -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History
Ismailites -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History
Jabalī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh -- 882 or 3-931
Magribi, Mehmet bin Ali -- 1165-1240
Mohidin -- 1165-1240
Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi
Muhyid-din Ibn Arabi -- 1165-1240
Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi
Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Jabalī -- 882 or 3-931
Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Masarrah -- 882 or 3-931
Mysticism -- Islam -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History
Shaykh al-Akbar -- 1165-1240
אבן אל-ערבי, מחיי אל-דין
אבן אל-ערבי, מחמד בן עלי, מחיי אל-דין -- 1165-1240
אבן אלערבי, מחמד בן עלי, מחיי אל-דין -- 1165-1240
אבן ערבי, מוחידין
אל-ערבי, מוחמד בן עלי
ابن العربي، ابو بكر محي الدين محمد بن علي، -- 1165-1240
ابن العربي، محمد بن علي، -- 1165-1240
ابن العربي، محمد بن علي، محيي الدين، -- 1165-1240
ابن العربي، محيي الدين، -- 1165-1240
ابن المسرة، محمد بن عبد الله، -- 883-931
ابن عربي، محمد بن علي، محيي الدين، -- 1165-1240
ابن عربي، محيي الدين، -- 1165-1240
ابن مسرة، محمد بن عبد الله، -- 883-931

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