Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom Including What the ابن عربي‎ July 28 1165 November 10 1240 was an Arab Sufi Muslim mystic and philosopher His full name was Abū 'Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn al `Arabī al Hāṭimī al Ṭā'ī أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن محمد بن العربي الحاتمي الطائيMuhammad ibn al Arabi and his family moved to Seville when he was eight years old In 1200 CE at the age of thirty five he left Iberia for good intending to make the hajj to Mecca He lived in Mecca for some three years where he began writing his Al Futūḥāt al Makkiyya The Meccan Illuminations In 1204 he left Mecca for Anatolia with Majd al Dīn Isḥā whose son Ṣadr al Dīn al unawī 1210 1274 would be his most influential discipleIn 1223 he settled in Damascus where he lived the last seventeen years of his life He died at the age of 76 on 22 Rabi' II 638 AHNovember 10 1240CE and his tomb in Damascus is still an important place of pilgrimageA vastly prolific writer Ibn 'Arabī is generally known as the prime exponent of the idea later known as Waḥdat al Wujūd literally Unity of Being though he did not use this term in his writings His emphasis was on the true potential of the human being and the path to realising that potential and becoming the perfect or complete man al insān al kāmilSome 800 works are attributed to Ibn 'Arabā although only some have been authenticated Recent research suggests that over 100 of his works have survived in manuscript form although most printed versions have not yet been critically edited and include many errors