Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

The Meccan Revelations (Arabic: كِتَابُ الفُتُوحَاتِ المَكِّيَّة, romanized: Kitâb Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya) is the major work of the philosopher and Sufi Ibn Arabi, written between 1203 and 1240.


Meccan Revelations
Opening pages of the Konya Manuscript of the Meccan Revelations, handwritten by Ibn Arabi.
Original titleالفُتُوحَات المكّيّة

The Andalusi thinker exposes his spiritual journey, his theology, his metaphysics and his mysticism, using sometimes prose, sometimes poetry. The book contains autobiographical elements: encounters, events, and spiritual illuminations.

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