The MIAS Blog: News and Views about Ibn Arabi

The Horizons of Being

August 8, 2020

The Metaphysics of Ibn al-ʿArabī in the Muqaddimat al-Qayṣarī, edited by Mukhtar H. Ali, has been published by Brill in Hardback and E-Book editions on 18 June 2020.

One of the most neglected issues

July 19, 2020

Eric Winkel contributes a comment on a quotation from the Futūḥāt to the MIAS blog.

Reading Circles in MIAS Latina

June 27, 2020

Pablo Beneito shares his experience of Círculos de Lectura Ibn Arabi (bn 'Arabi Reading Circles) in MIAS Latina.

Keith Critchlow, 1933–2020

May 22, 2020

Professor Keith Critchlow, artist, inspirational teacher and groundbreaking geometer and architectural designer, died peacefully on 8th April 2020.

Register now for the ten-week course exploring the multi-layered meanings in Ibn ‘Arabi’s spiritual teaching through chapters of the Meccan Openings. It is led by Dr. Rim Feriani, and runs between 25th May and 27th July 2020.

Michel Chodkiewicz 1929–2020

May 1, 2020

We have recently learned, with great sadness, of the passing of Michel Chodkiewicz on 31 March 2020. His contribution to knowledge of Ibn ‘Arabi in our time has been immense.

Young Writer Award 2019

March 31, 2020

We are delighted to announce that Hina Khalid, a student at the University of Cambridge, UK, is the winner of the 2019 MIAS Young Writer Award. The judges have also mentioned Muhammad Faruque, a student at Fordham University, USA, who is given a special commendation, and Esmé Partridge, who is given a commendation.

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New translation of Fusûs al-Hikam into French

Ibn ‘Arabî – Les chatons des sagesses et les demeures des paroles (Fusûs al-Hikam), translated from the Arabic by Paul Ballanfat. Éditions de l’Éclat, France, 2020.

This complete translation of the Fusûs al-Hikam into French is the first to be based on the manuscript copied out by Sadr al-dīn Qunawī, reviewed and signed by by Ibn ‘Arabî himself.

‘Évite de te lier par un dogme particulier et de te dissimuler tout le reste car tu perdrais un grand bien, et, plus encore, t’échapperait le savoir de l’ordre tel qu’il est. Sois en toi-meme une matière pour toutes les semblances des croyances, car le dieu, Très-Haut, est trop vaste et trop sublime pour qu’un dogme le renferme plutôt qu’un autre. Il a dit en effet: “Où que vous vous tourniez il y a le visage de Dieu” (Cor., 2:115), or, il n’a pas mentionné un “où” distinct d’un autre “où”, mais il a mentionné que s’y trouve le visage de Dieu, car le visage d’une chose est sa vérité.’ (From the Word of Hud, p. 151)

Paul Ballanfat, is a lecturer in Turkish and Persian studies at Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University, France.

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