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Book: Love in the Teachings of Ibn ‘Arabī

Chapter: A Case Study of Chapter 178 of al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Openings)

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.42958

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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.

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