Budd al-ʿĀrif
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Budd al-ʿĀrif is a seminal Sufi philosophical treatise by the Andalusian mystic Ibn Sabin that explores the nature of divine knowledge and spiritual realization.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic mystical text
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Sufi philosophical treatise ⓘ work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain the nature of true knowledge of God
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guide seekers toward spiritual realization ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Andalusian Sufi tradition
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Western Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Sabʿīn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Islamic intellectual circles ⓘ |
| considered |
important text in Sufi metaphysics
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seminal work in Ibn Sabʿīn’s corpus ⓘ |
| discusses |
direct experiential knowledge of the divine
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inner knowledge of God ⓘ limits of rational knowledge ⓘ relationship between God and creation ⓘ stations and states of the gnostic ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic theology
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metaphysics ⓘ mystical theology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
gnosis (maʿrifa)
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nature of the divine ⓘ path of the spiritual seeker ⓘ unity of being ⓘ |
| genre |
mystical treatise
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Andalusian mystical philosophy
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later Sufi thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic Neoplatonism
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Qurʾanic theology ⓘ earlier Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Sufism
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divine knowledge ⓘ mystical epistemology ⓘ spiritual realization ⓘ |
| period | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Islamic philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSchool | Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Sufi educational contexts ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | “The Gnostic’s Necessity” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Andalusian mysticism ⓘ |
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