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Ibn Masarrah

Muslim mystic

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contribution to Islamic philosophy

  • Abu Darweesh Mosque
    In Islam: The teachings of Ibn al-ʿArabī

    The Andalusian mystic Ibn Masarrah (9th–10th centuries) is reported to have championed pseudo-Empedoclean doctrines, and Ibn al-ʿArabī (who studied under some of his followers) quotes Ibn Masarrah on a number of occasions. This philosophic tradition is distinct from the one followed by the Ismāʿīlī theologians, who explained the…

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