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Ibn Arabi

Historical Figure
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Andalusian Sufi mystic and philosopher associated with divine unity, symbolic interpretation, and spiritual imagination.

Detailed Definition
Ibn Arabi appears in poetry as a figure of profound mystical speculation and visionary love. His thought presents creation as a mirror of divine reality, making the world itself a field of signs and correspondences. Poets draw on his name when exploring unity, longing, sacred symbolism, and the idea that beauty, lover, and beloved are all revelations of one hidden truth.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet might invoke Ibn Arabi to suggest mystical unity beneath the world’s differences; His idea of divine love can inform poems where every form reveals one reality; Ibn Arabi’s name may stand for Sufi metaphysics and spiritual imagination; A poem could show the beloved, the desert, and the self becoming one mirror
Additional Notes
Ibn Arabi is important for poetry because his mystical thought treats the visible world as a field of signs, mirrors, and divine self-disclosure. Poets may draw on him when exploring unity beneath difference, symbolic interpretation, or love as a way of knowing God. Because his ideas are subtle, references should avoid crude simplification; paradox and metaphor are central to his spiritual vocabulary.
Also Known As
Ibn al-Arabi Ibn ʿArabi Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Muhyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī Sheikh al-Akbar
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