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title: "Ibn ʿArabī | Sufism | Thought Archive"
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# Ibn ʿArabī（Sufism）



## Common research question

**How does Ibn Arabi relate being and divine manifestation?**

Ibn ʿArabī uses the image of a mirror and the disclosure of divine names to discuss the relation between divine reality and plurality, notably in the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam. “Unity of being” is often used by later interpreters but should not be presented as his own established phrase. Several passages still require closer Arabic-text verification; the argument is not reducible to “humans are God.”

## Interpretive boundary

Distinguish the authored corpus from later Akbarian systematization.

## Archive evidence

- [E-01 ｜ Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam, Adam chapter: the mirror of the cosmos and Adam](#E-01)
- [E-11 ｜ Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam, Moses chapter: revelation and manifestation](#E-11)
- [E-20 ｜ Later term: waḥdat al-wujūd](#E-20)