Home›Sources›The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of ImaginationSourcesThe Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of ImaginationCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-sufi-path-of-knowledge-ibn-al-arabis-metaphysics-of-imagination.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-sufi-path-of-knowledge-ibn-al-arabis-metaphysics-of-imaginationCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-sufi-path-of-knowledge-ibn-al-arabi, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-sufi-path-of-knowledge-ibn-al-arabis-metaphysics-of-imagination}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXWilliam Chittick's study is the standard English-language scholarly account of Ibn al-Arabi's thought, working directly from the Futuhat al-Makkiyya, Ibn al-Arabi's own vast primary text, rather than from later secondhand summary of his metaphysics. That direct engagement with the primary source, checkable against the specific passages Chittick translates and analyzes, is the study's real evidentiary basis and the reason it remains the standard reference on Ibn al-Arabi's metaphysics of imagination in English. This record has not independently traced further scholarly disagreement with Chittick's specific readings since 1989. Use it for established scholarly facts about Ibn al-Arabi's metaphysics as documented from the Futuhat; a claim about a specific later Sufi order's own reading of Ibn al-Arabi needs a source focused on that order.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (114 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedWilliam C. ChittickPublisherWell-attestedState University of New York PressPublication YearWell-attested1989URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/sufipathofknowle0000chitSource TypeWell-attestedacademic monographAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1William Chittick's standard scholarly study of Ibn al-Arabi's metaphysics, working directly from the Futuhat al-Makkiyya, published by State University of New York Press.NotesWell-attestedStandard English-language study of Ibn Arabi's thought, working directly from the Futuhat al-Makkiyya.Claims Backed By This Source (114 claims)This source backs 114 claims across the atlas. As facts: 63 well-attested. As cited relationships: 27 holds, 1 connected. Plus 23 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicEsoteric Texts, 24 claims: 22 well-attested, 2 general references.Disciplines, 18 claims: 2 well-attested, 13 holds, 3 general references.Religious Orders, 16 claims: 8 holds, 8 general references.Articles, 14 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Doctrines, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 general references.Historical Figures, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.Religious Roles & Titles, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Denominations, 3 claims: 2 holds, 1 general references.Beliefs & Restrictions, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested63ArticlesA Mine Worked by Later Sufis Rather Than Read Cover to CoverA Revelation at Mecca, Revised for Nearly Forty YearsIbn Arabi and the Unity of BeingIbn Arabi Put into Persian VerseOne Reality, Self-DisclosedRevered as the Greatest Master, Condemned as a HereticThe Hierarchy of Saints and the Pole at Its SummitThe Meccan Openings, and a School He Did Not FoundTwenty Seven Chapters, Each Keyed to a ProphetUnity of Being, a Phrase He Did Not UseDisciplinesSufismTantraDoctrinesIjazahMaqamat and AhwalUwaysi TransmissionWahdat al-WujudEsoteric TextsAl-Futuhat al-MakkiyyaFusus al-HikamHistorical FiguresIbn ArabiReligious Roles & TitlesQutbSourcesThe Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of ImaginationHolds27DenominationsSufismDisciplinesKundalini YogaTantraDoctrinesWahdat al-WujudHistorical FiguresIbn ArabiReligious OrdersBektashi OrderChishti OrderMevlevi OrderMuridiyyaNaqshbandi OrderQadiriyya OrderRifa'i OrderTijaniyyahReligious Roles & TitlesQutbConnected1ArticlesOne Reality, Self-DisclosedGeneral References23ArticlesOne Reality, Self-DisclosedBeliefs & RestrictionsWahdat al-Wujud: All That Exists Is One RealityDenominationsSufismDisciplinesKundalini YogaSufismTantraDoctrinesIjazahMaqamat and AhwalUwaysi TransmissionWahdat al-WujudEsoteric TextsAl-Futuhat al-MakkiyyaFusus al-HikamHistorical FiguresAbd al-Rahman JamiIbn ArabiReligious OrdersBektashi OrderChishti OrderMevlevi OrderMuridiyyaNaqshbandi OrderQadiriyya OrderRifa'i OrderTijaniyyahReligious Roles & TitlesQutbComments (0)No comments yet. 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