Ibn Arabi
Muslim philosopher
Died when: 75 years 105 days (903 months)Star Sign: Leo
Ibn ?Arabi (Arabic: ??? ????, ALA-LC: Ibn ?Arabi?; full name: ??? ??? ???? ?????? ?? ??? ?? ????? ?? ?????? ??????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ???????, Abu ?Abd Allah Mu?ammad ibn ?Ali ibn Mu?ammad ibn al-?Arabi al-?atimi al-?a'i al-Andalusi al-Mursi al-Dimashqi; 1165–1240), nicknamed al-Qushayri (???????, al-Qushayri) and Sul?an al-?Arifin (????? ????????, Sul?an al-?Arifin, 'Sultan of the Knowers'), was an Arab Andalusian Muslim scholar, mystic, poet, and philosopher, extremely influential within Islamic thought.
Out of the 850 works attributed to him, some 700 are authentic while over 400 are still extant. His cosmological teachings became the dominant worldview in many parts of the Muslim world.
He is renowned among practitioners of Sufism by the honorific titles ash-Shaykh al-Akbar (????? ?????? al-Shaykh al-Akbar, 'the Greatest Shaykh'; from here the Akbariyya or "Akbarian" school derives its name) and Mu?yi ad-Din (???? ?????
Mu?yi al-Din, 'Renewer of the Faith') Ibn ?Arabi, and was considered a saint. In medieval Europe, he was known as Doctor Maximus ('Greatest Teacher').