The Diffusion of the Akbarian School
How his teachings spread through students, later authors and communities, and how they were received.
Translated from the Arabic volume overview
This volume follows the transmission of Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabi’s legacy after his death in Damascus in 638 AH / 1240 CE. It considers how his teachings continued through students, readers and commentators in Syria and Anatolia, and subsequently across the Islamic world.
The study highlights figures who helped transmit and develop Akbarian thought, including Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani, Abd al-Karim al-Jili, Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi and Abd al-Wahhab al-Sharani. It examines how this legacy was received in different scholarly and spiritual settings.
It also addresses debates about Ibn al-Arabi’s writings and ideas, ranging from support and interpretation to objection and criticism. The spread of the Akbarian school was not a single, uniform process, but a varied history of commentaries, exchanges and disagreements.
Some entries in this volume currently contain only headings. The guide explains its published plan; complete chapter translations are not yet available for those entries.
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