Book 04 - The Openings Revealed in Makkah, Taschenbuch Series

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

The fourth of thirty-seven books of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s magnum opus al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah, translated and conveyed by Shuʿayb Dr Eric Winkel

Chapters 41 through 64 take us from the People of the Night, who converse intimately with their Lord, who descends in the third remaining part of the night to the sky of this world. We are guided through the membrane between this world and the general Resurrection, through the sisters Jahannam (hell-fire) and Jannat (garden).

‘The imaginal realm is neither a site of being nor non-existent, neither known nor unknown, neither something negated nor something affirmed. It is like what the human beings see of their image in the mirror, knowing certainly that they perceive their image in one perspective, and knowing certainly that what is perceived is not their image from another perspective.’

ISBN-13: 9781945083556

Size: 11x18.5cm. Spine width varies. Weight range: ~150-200grams.

PLEASE NOTE: Taschenbuch and Volumes of The Openings Revealed in Makkah

The Taschenbuch Series is a new collection in softcover and contains 37 individual books. The first ten of thirty-seven books of the Taschenbuch Series have been designed and published; they have matte art paper covers and are pocket-sized and travel-light. It is being published by Oceans Within (The Futuhat Foundation)

Pir Press has published the first four of 19 Volumes that are hardback; Each volume has two books (e.g. Volume 1 contains books 1 and 2). The Volumes are printed in the highest print quality, with gold-embossed covers, and a generous layout. Volumes have the full apparatus of a scholarly edition. The collection would be a fine addition to your library.

The text of the two formats is the same, but the design, layout, size, font size, and inclusion of apparatus differ.