Iran to hold conference on Ibn Arabi

Arts & Culture Desk - IRAN DAILY

A conference titled, ‘Ibn Arabi, his legacy and its importance in the contemporary world’ will be held on February 20-21 in both online and in-person formats.

The conference will be organized by the Religion Studies Group of the Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy.

Philosophy lovers are scheduled to submit the abstracts of their articles until November 22, IRNA reported.

Shahram Pazooki and Esmaeil Raadpour serve as the scientific secretaries of the conference. Executive secretaries of the event are Seyyed Ali Hosseini, Saeed Makhani, and Hossein Rostami Jalilian.

The legacy of Ibn Arabi (in Iran, in Central Asia and Anatolia, in the Middle East, in North and West Africa, in India and East Asia, and in the West), Ibn Arabi and the understanding of Islam, Ibn Arabi and the mysticism of Shia wisdom, Ibn Arabi and interfaith dialogue, Ibn Arabi’s impact on Islamic philosophy and theology, Ibn Arabi’s impact on Islamic culture and civilization, Ibn Arabi’s teachings and the challenges of the contemporary world are among the major themes which will be discussed in the conference.

Ibn Arabi is considered to be perhaps the greatest Sufi philosopher. He was the most prolific of all Sufi writers, having composed an immense volume of works in his lifetime, in both prose and poetry, influencing philosophical and mystical thought, not only in the Muslim world, but also in Christian Europe.

Born in 1165 CE in Murcia, in Moorish Spain, Ibn Arabi could trace his ancestry back to ancient Arabia. Ibn Arabi traveled throughout the Islamic world – Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East. He spent the last 10 years of his life in Damascus and died in 1240 CE.

Among his many writings, perhaps his most influential philosophic works are: ‘The Meccan Revelations’ (al Futuhat al Makkiya) and ‘Bezels of Wisdom’ (al Fusus al Hikam).