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
Sufi philosophical treatise
work of Islamic philosophy
aimsTo explain the nature of true knowledge of God
guide seekers toward spiritual realization
associatedWith Andalusian Sufi tradition
Western Islamic world NERFINISHED
author Ibn Sabʿīn NERFINISHED
circulatedIn Islamic intellectual circles
considered important text in Sufi metaphysics
seminal work in Ibn Sabʿīn’s corpus
discusses direct experiential knowledge of the divine
inner knowledge of God
limits of rational knowledge
relationship between God and creation
stations and states of the gnostic
field Islamic theology
metaphysics
mystical theology
focusesOn gnosis (maʿrifa)
nature of the divine
path of the spiritual seeker
unity of being
genre mystical treatise
philosophical treatise
hasInfluenced Andalusian mystical philosophy
later Sufi thought
influencedBy Islamic Neoplatonism NERFINISHED
Qurʾanic theology
earlier Sufi metaphysics
language Arabic
mainTopic Sufism NERFINISHED
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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Ibn Sabin notableWork Budd al-ʿĀrif