Anqa Publishing is dedicated to bringing out the works of the great Andalusian mystic, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi (1165–1240), and his line. These writings contain some of the most beautiful and comprehensive depictions of the vision of One Reality in all its facets.

Known as the Greatest Master, Ibn 'Arabi is unquestionably one of the most profound and remarkable figures in the history of world spirituality. His writings are founded on a totally harmonious vision of Reality, integrating all apparent differences without destroying their truths.

Ibn 'Arabi has been revered and studied in the Islamic world for 800 years, but has gone largely unnoticed across the rest of the planet, perhaps because he wrote in Arabic and because his works were often considered to be only for the spiritual elite.

Translations of Ibn 'Arabi's works into European languages have come slowly, but this is now changing as more and more scholars in the West begin to discover him, and to glimpse his importance for today's world.

What for many years has been but a trickle of publications by and about Ibn 'Arabi and his followers in English is growing into a healthy stream, and Anqa Publishing aspires to be a part of this.

Our aim is to produce:
• High-quality translations of these classic texts, most of which have never appeared before in Western languages.
• New and authoritative editions of the Arabic texts, using the best manuscripts available.
• Contemporary writings and studies of Ibn 'Arabi's teaching.

History

Anqa Publishing was formed as an independent company in Oxford, UK, in 1998. It works in close collaboration with the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society and the partners, Stephen Hirtenstein and Michael Tiernan, are involved in producing the Society’s Journal. Both have been students at the Beshara School in Scotland.

Anqa is an Arabic word denoting a legendary bird, which may be depicted as a phoenix, gryphon, eagle, thunderbird or sphinx. It symbolises the purest Spirit of all spirits.

The Anqa is described by Ibn 'Arabi as "the dust-cloud within which God opens up the forms of the universe".

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Oxford
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