Love in the Teachings of Ibn ‘Arabī - Hany T. A. Ibrahim
A Case Study of Chapter 178 of al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Openings)
Love in the Teachings of Ibn ‘Arabī - Hany T. A. Ibrahim
Hany T. A. Ibrahim [+]
University of Calgary and Mount Royal University
Hany T.A. Ibrahim obtained his PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Calgary. He has taught at King AbdulAziz University in Jeddah, KSA and is currently teaching Islamic and Arabic Studies at the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He is a specialist in pre-modern Islamic thought, Arabic Sufi literature, Arabic language, modern Arabic literature, and Islamic art and architecture.
Description
This chapter offers a close reading of Ibn ‘Arabī’s mystical exposition of divine love in chapter 178 of his monumental work, The Meccan Openings (al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya). It introduces different modes of analysis, reflections, and evaluations of Ibn ‘Arabī’s distinctive language concerning the various evocations of love, and how these features are essential to Ibn ‘Arabī’s worldview.