Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
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Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya is a monumental Sufi metaphysical encyclopedia that systematically expounds his visionary insights into God, creation, and the spiritual journey, including his influential doctrine of the Perfect Man.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ibn Arabi corpus | 1 |
| Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5629941 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya Context triple: [Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil), articulatedIn, Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya]
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al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
Al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani is a seminal 12th-century Hanafi legal manual that systematically presents and analyzes Islamic jurisprudence and its rulings.
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Kitāb al-Manāẓir
Kitāb al-Manāẓir is Ibn al-Haytham’s foundational treatise on optics that systematically analyzes vision, light, and perception and profoundly influenced later Islamic and European science.
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C.
Al-Kamil
Al-Kamil was a 13th-century Ayyubid sultan of Egypt best known for negotiating the peaceful handover of Jerusalem to the Crusaders and for his diplomatic dealings with figures like Emperor Frederick II.
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D.
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
Al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi is a monumental multi-volume work of Islamic jurisprudence that systematically expounds and analyzes Hanafi legal doctrine.
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E.
Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din
Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din was an honorific royal epithet signifying "Support of the World and the Faith," borne by the Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya Target entity description: Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya is a monumental Sufi metaphysical encyclopedia that systematically expounds his visionary insights into God, creation, and the spiritual journey, including his influential doctrine of the Perfect Man.
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A.
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
Al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani is a seminal 12th-century Hanafi legal manual that systematically presents and analyzes Islamic jurisprudence and its rulings.
-
B.
Kitāb al-Manāẓir
Kitāb al-Manāẓir is Ibn al-Haytham’s foundational treatise on optics that systematically analyzes vision, light, and perception and profoundly influenced later Islamic and European science.
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C.
Al-Kamil
Al-Kamil was a 13th-century Ayyubid sultan of Egypt best known for negotiating the peaceful handover of Jerusalem to the Crusaders and for his diplomatic dealings with figures like Emperor Frederick II.
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D.
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
Al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi is a monumental multi-volume work of Islamic jurisprudence that systematically expounds and analyzes Hanafi legal doctrine.
-
E.
Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din
Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din was an honorific royal epithet signifying "Support of the World and the Faith," borne by the Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose work
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Islamic mystical work ⓘ Sufi metaphysical encyclopedia ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| approximateVolumes | 37 ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Arabi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorName | Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralDoctrine |
doctrine of the Perfect Man
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unity of being (wahdat al-wujud) as interpreted by later readers ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil)
NERFINISHED
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creation ⓘ divine names ⓘ divine self-disclosure (tajalli) ⓘ imaginal world (alam al-mithal) ⓘ knowledge by unveiling (kashf) ⓘ prophethood ⓘ sainthood (wilaya) ⓘ spiritual states (ahwal) ⓘ spiritual stations (maqamat) ⓘ visionary experience ⓘ |
| fullTitle | al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi manual
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encyclopedic treatise ⓘ |
| hasModernEditions | yes ⓘ |
| hasPartialTranslations | yes ⓘ |
| includes |
Quranic exegesis
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autobiographical passages ⓘ hadith commentary ⓘ legal discussions ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Ottoman intellectual tradition
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Persian Sufi literature ⓘ South Asian Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ conceptions of the Perfect Man in Islamic thought ⓘ later Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Sufi practice
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cosmology ⓘ eschatology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ mystical theology ⓘ spiritual psychology ⓘ |
| method | systematic exposition of visionary insights ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | late 12th century to early 13th century ⓘ |
| placeOfInitialInspiration | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCurrent | Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| structure | multi-volume work ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Islamic seminaries and Sufi circles ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | Meccan revelations or openings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Meccan Openings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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