Ibn al-Arabi -
Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom,
[A5+] Large Paperback - 302 pages,
Contains 3 separate texts,
by Muhiy ud-Din ibn al-Arabi [d.638h],
'Divine Governance' : at-Tadbirat al-Ilahiyyah,
Including: 'What the Seeker Needs' & 'The One Alone,'
Interpreted by: Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti,
Published by Fons Vitae, USA.
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Description :
Contained in this volume is his powerful but little-known work, 'Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom,' (at-Tadbirat al-Ilahiyyah) rendered into English for the first time. In a particularly startling way, the text uses metaphors from worldly politics to illuminate details of the spiritual search.
The book is divided into twenty-one chapters. Each section contains instructions for achieving unity, the Lord’s gift to humankind. They show how to keep order within the divine order while improving ourselves; how to guide our lives in the right way; how to protect His kingdom, which is the human being, from oblivion; how to rule it in the way that it is meant to be ruled, by the soul that the Lord has placed in it as His deputy.
This book is a fountain that both high and low will be able to quench their thirst by drinking from it. For those who are able to see beneath the evident, there are signs that, if followed, will lead to the Source. For those who see the surface, there are things plain as could be."
Shaykh Ibn ‘Arabi, May Allah be pleased with him, the twelfth-century Spanish mystic, is considered by many the greatest master of Sufism. His large body of writings includes; The Meccan Revelations (in 560 chapters) and The Bezels of Wisdom (exploring aspects of understanding through the lives of the Prophets of Islam).
Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi, working from Ottoman Turkish texts of Ibn ‘Arabi’s works, has rendered this and two shorter texts, What the Seeker Needs and The One Alone, into modern English. In an Epilogue, Shaykh Tosun restates Ibn ‘Arabi’s teachings on Sufi practice and the strict duties binding a disciple to his master.
Shaykh al-Akbar ibn al-'Arabi (555 - 630H) --He is Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-'Arabi al-Hatimi al-Tai, entitled Muhyi al-Din ("Reviver of the Faith"), was born in Murcia in southern Spain (Andalucia), to an Arab family and educated in Seville. At twenty he already possessed profound spiritual insights.through Arabia, Egypt, Asia Minor and elsewhere, he became a teacher of great renown.
Titled 'Shaykh al-Akhbar' - "The Greatest Shaykh", Ibn 'Arabi authored over 280 works, including his magnum opus, the twelve volume "Makkan Revelations" an extensive compendium of Islam's esoteric sciences, the doctrines of tasawwuf and a diary of his own spiritual experiences surpassing anything of its kind.
Review :
"Shaykh Tosun’s book offers an easy-to-understand interpretation of three mystical treatises by the celebrated twelfth-to-thirteenth century Sufi master Ibn ‘Arabi. The largest al-tadbirat, is a fascinating treatise on the divine design and management of the world, and the central role the human model plays in the creative and governing process.
The other two are kitab kunh ma la budda minhu lil-murid (trans. “What the Seeker Needs”), a brief guide for those wanting to follow the Sufi path, and kitab al-ahadiyyah (translated as “The One Alone”), an esoteric essay on transcendental unity.
The book also offers a modest introduction to the life of Ibn ‘Arabi. Inspired by Ibn ‘Arabi’s teachings, Shaykh Tosun writes with great passion and devotion to the extent of blurring the line between his own words and those of Ibn ‘Arabi.
The book is useful to students of Islamic mysticism, especially those who are searching for spiritual insights and mystical teachings." ---
More Ibn al-Arabi works,
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Dimensions : 23 x 15.5cm.
