Ibn al-Arif

Ibn al-Arif (nickname) or Abul Abbas Ahmad Ibn Mohammed Ibn Musa Ibn Ata Allah al-Mariyyi al-Sanhaji, also known as Al-Urruf (born July 23 1088 in Almeria and died 1141 in Marrakesh) was a famous Sufi. ["Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary", (translated ed. 1843), p. 150] His father came from Tanger and his family belonged to the Moroccan tribe of the Sanhaja. He is especially well-known as the founder of a Sufi school or tariqa, which was based on theteachings of Ibn Masarrah, and as the author of " Mahasin Al-Majalis" ("The Attractions of Mystical Sessions"). He was born, and spent most of his life, in Almeria in Al-Andalus at the height of the Almoravid power. Almeria was the center of Sufism at that time. The tomb of Ibn al-Arif is in Marrakesh.

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External Links

*Dar Sirr.com [http://www.dar-sirr.com/Ibn-al-Arif-Tanji.html] (The name al-Tanji is not referenced)

Bibliography

*A. J. Arberry, "Notes on the "Mahasin al-majalis" of Ibn al-'Arif, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 12, No. 3/4, Oriental and African Studies Presented to Lionel David Barnett by His Colleagues, Past and Present (1948), pp. 524-532
*Mahsin al-Majlis: The attractions of mystical sessions. Ibn al-'Arif. Translated by William Elliot and Adnan K. Abdulla, England:Avebury, 1980. ISBN 9780861271023
*Juan Antonio Pacheco Paniagua: "El Mahasin al-Mayalis de Ibn al-Arif y la Etica de Spinoza." "La Ciudad de Dios." 1990. Pag. 671-687