Ibn al-ʿArīf
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-ʿArīf ( Arabic ابن العريف, Spanish Abena tariff ; born June 24, 1088 in Ceuta ; died September 27, 1141 in Marrakech ) was an Andalusian Islamic mystic ( Sufi ), theologian and poet. In Almería he founded a Sufi brotherhood ( Tarīqa ) based on the teachings of Ibn Masarra . He received the name Ibn al-ʿArīf (son of ʿArīf) through the office of his father, who as ʿArīf in Tangier commanded the night watch. Initially, Ahmad was apprenticed to a weaver, but then received religious training despite resistance and gained a reputation as a traditionalist.
He is the author of the Maḥāsin al-maǧālis . The Spanish scholar Miguel Asín Palacios (1871–1944) translated the work into Spanish and Ferdinand Cavallera (1875–1954) translated its translation into French. The work has also been translated into English. The tomb of Ibn al-ʻArīf is in Marrakech.
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Maḥāsin al-maǧālis (محاسن المجالس)
- Maḥāsin al-majālis. Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-'Arīf; Miguel Asín Palacios; Ferdinand Cavallera. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste P. Geuthner , 1933. Collection de textes inédits relatifs à la mystique musulmane , t. 2 ( digitized version )
- Maḥāsin al-majālis = The attractions of mystical sessions. Ibn al-'Aref; translated by William Elliott and Adnan K. Abdulla. Maḥāsin al-majālis. English & Arabic. [Amersham]: Avebury, 1980. ( searchworks.stanford.edu )
literature
- Faure, A., “Ibn al-ʿArīf”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition , Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, CE Bosworth, E. van Donzel, WP Heinrichs. Volume III, 712 f.
- John Renard : Knowledge of God in Classical Sufism: Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology. Paulist, 2004 (section: “The beauties of spiritual sessions”) Classics of Western Spirituality
- AJ Arberry : "Notes on the 'Mahasin al-majalis' of Ibn al-'Arif", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London , Vol. 3/4, Oriental and African Studies Presented to Lionel David Barnett by His Colleagues, Past and Present (1948), pp. 524-532
- Mahasin al-Majalis: The attractions of mystical sessions. Ibn al-'Arif. Translated by William Elliot and Adnan K. Abdulla, England: Avebury, 1980. ISBN 978-0-86127-102-3
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| SURNAME | Ibn al-ʿArīf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad Ibn-al-ʿArīf; Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad Ibn-al-ʿArīf, Abu-'l-ʿAbbās; Ibn-Muḥammad, Aḥmad Ibn-al-ʿArīf Ibn-al-ʿArīf, Abu-'l-ʿAbbās; Ibn-al-ʿArīf al-Andalusī, Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad; Ibn-al-ʿArīf al-Marrī, Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad; Marrī al-Andalusī, Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad al-; Ibn al- ʿArīf, Abu'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Mūsā b. ʿAtāʾ Allāh al-Ṣanhād̲j̲ī (EI (2)); Ibn-al-ʿArīf, Abu-'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad Ibn-Mūsā Ibn-ʿAtāʾallāh aṣ-Ṣanhāǧī; Ibn-al-ʿArīf, Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad Ibn-Mūsā Ibn-ʿAtāʾallāh aṣ-Ṣanhāǧī Sīdī Bellʿarīf; Abū al-ʿAbbās Ahmad (son of Muḥammad, son of Mūsā, son of ʿAtā Allāh); Ibn-al-ʿIrrīf, Abu-ʾl-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad Ibn-Mūsā aṣ-Ṣanhāǧī al-Mārī al-Andalusī; Ibn-al-ʿArīf, Abu-'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad Ibn-Mūsā Ibn-ʿAṭāʾallāh aṣ-Ṣanhāǧī; Ibn al-ʿArīf Ibn al-ʿIrrīf, Aḥmad bin Muḥammad; Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-ʿArīf; Ibn al-ʿArīf, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad; Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣanhāǧī, Ibn al-ʿArīf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Andalusian Islamic mystic (Ṣūfī), theologian and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1088 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ceuta |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1141 |
| Place of death | Marrakech |