The Openings Revealed in Makkah, Volume 5

By Shaykh al-Akbar Muhyiddin ibn al-Arabi
Translated by Shuayb Eric Winkel

The Futuhat Project is the translation project by Dr. Eric Winkel of the entirety of The Openings Revealed in Makkah, al-Futuhat al-Makkiyah by Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabi. Volume 5 (Books 9 & 10) contain the last three of the five pillars of Islam: charity, fasting, and pilgrimage. Ibn al-ʿArabī goes through each of the traditional associated legal issues. From simply the legal perspective, his treatment is unique: he looks at the wide range of legal positions, including views from all the schools of law (such as Hanafi, Hanbali). And he goes even farther – he examines not just the great variety of positions but takes each into the ‘inward’ dimension. What are the inward, spiritual, psychological, and meaningful insights for each outward ritual? With his perspective, we find unexpected connections and linkages. The rituals become full of meaning as each outward aspect and gesture is connected to a spiritual, emotional, and psychological truth inside us. From 2012, Dr. Winkel has been working exclusively on translating this work in order to produce the first complete translation into English of the Futuhat-Makkiyah.

ISBN-13: 9781945083624

7.25 x 10.5 - Hardcover, 574 pages