About the Author

Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi was an eminent Sufi mystic and teacher in the Moorish culture of Andalusian Spain during the 12th century.

Stephen Hirtenstein is the editor of the journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn `Arabi Society and a director of Anqa Publishing. He is the translator of Divine Sayings, the cotranslator of The Seven Days of the Heart, and the author of The Unlimited Mercifier.

Reviews

"[Ibn 'Arabi] profoundly influenced all subsequent Sufi teaching and thus stands as the most important link between the Sufis who went before him and those who came after him." --Ralph Austin, translator, Sufis of Andalusia

"One of Ibn 'Arabi's most accessible and widely studied works, the Hilyat al-abdal, highlights the practical foundation of spiritual discipline underlying all of his metaphysical and theological writings." --Professor James Winston Morris, Boston College

"The greatest mystical genius of the Arabs" --A. J. Arberry, author, Sufism