Ibn Arabi : The Universal Tree

 Ibn 'Arabi : The Universal Tree & The Four Birds - New,
Treatise on Unification - (''al-Ittihad al-Kawni'' ),
*[A5] Paperback - 165 pages,
by Shaykh al-Akbar Muhiy 'al-Din ibn al-'Arabi,
Translation & Commentary by Angela Jaffray,
Published Anqa Publishing, UK.
Part of the ''Mystical Teachings of Muhiyuddin Ibn Arabi'' series.




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The Universal Tree and the Four Birds is one of Shaykh Ibn 'Arabi's early works. A dazzling blend of poetry and rhymed prose, this short mystical treatise encompasses a number of themes that were of perennial concern to Ibn 'Arabi, in particular the question of union with the Divine. Through the story of the universal tree, representing the complete human being, and the four birds, representing the four essential aspects of existence, Ibn 'Arabi explains his teaching on the nature and meaning of union with God.


Providing an excellent initiation into the often complex works of Ibn 'Arabi, this brief, delightful tale is the first English translation of an important, early work, complete with Arabic text, commentary, and notes.




We are His as has been shown,
As also we belong to ourselves,
... I have two aspects, He and I,
But He is not I in my I,
In me is His place of manifestation,
And we are for Him as vessels.




Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi was a spiritual teacher within Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam. He wrote at least 300 works, ranging from minor treatises to the 37-volume Meccan Illuminations (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya) and the quintessence of his teachings, The Bezels of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam).


Angela Jaffray is an independent researcher and translator.





Table of Contents :

---Acknowledgements,
---Of the Tree and its Four Birds, by Rafi Zabor,
---Biography of Ibn al-Arabi,
---Introduction,
------Overview,
------Stylistic Considerations,

Treatise on Unification - ''al-Ittihad al-Kawni''
---Dedication,
---Discourse of the Universal Tree,
---Discourse of the Ringdove,
---Discourse of the Royal Eagle,
---Discourse of the Strange 'Anqa'
---Discourse of the Jet-Black Crow.

Commentary;
---The Title,
------Ittihad,
------Kawni,
------Ishhad,
------'Ayni.
---The Proemial Poems,
---The Dedicatee,
---The Fourth Poem,
---Meetings in the Barzakh,
---Soliloquies of the Universal Tree and the Four Birds,
---Cosmic Marriage and the Genealogy of the Birds,

---Appendix : The Edition of the Text,
---Bibliography,
---Index of Qur'anic Citations,
---Index of Names and Terms,
---Arabic Text.





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