Scholar·Abbasid
Death of Ibn Arabi, Mystic, in Damascus
- Date
- 16 November 1240 CE638 AH786 years ago
- Place
- Damascus, Ayyubid Syria
- People
- Ibn Arabi
Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi died in Damascus in November 1240. He was born in Murcia in al-Andalus and travelled widely across the Islamic lands. He wrote a large body of work on the inner meanings of the Quran and the spiritual path, including The Meccan Revelations. He spent his last years in Damascus, where students gathered around him.
Why it matters
His works shaped Sufi thought for centuries, and his treatises were copied widely across the Islamic world.