Counting works carefully
A count of titles is not a count of independent books: alternative and repeated titles, sections, treatises, lost works and uncertain attributions all matter. The ibnalarabi.com catalogue uses the Fihrist, the Ijāza, internal references and other evidence. This page is a reading map; use the detailed catalogue and Shams volume III for bibliographical investigation.
Two central works
The Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya brings together knowledge, conduct, worship, language and cosmology on an encyclopedic scale. The Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam is a concentrated text organized around prophetic words and wisdoms. Neither replaces the other: the breadth of the Futūḥāt can contextualize compressed passages in the Fuṣūṣ.
Poetry, education and personal testimony
Read the Tarjumān with Dhakhāʾir al-aʿlāq, and Rūḥ al-quds for teachers and spiritual education. Al-Tadbīrāt al-ilāhiyya connects the human kingdom with the reform of conduct. Inshāʾ al-dawāʾir and Ayyām al-shaʾn open questions of cosmic order and time; the letter to al-Rāzī explores knowledge and the limits of inquiry.
Evidence for attribution
The Fihrist and Ijāza record works the author attributed to himself, but are neither identical nor exhaustive final lists. The library flags works circulating under his name that belong to others, including the commonly attributed Qurʾanic commentary and the Risāla al-wujūdiyya. Verify a work’s identity before building an argument on its cover title.
Sources and further reading
The source language appears beside each link. External books and sources may remain in their original languages.
- المصنفات الثابتة ومصادر نسبتها العربية
- المكتبة الأكبرية: النصوص والشروح العربية
- فهرست المصنفات العربية
- الإجازة إلى الملك المظفر العربية