Ibn Arabi

Timeline

1. 1165–1171Murcia · Al-AndalusBorn in Murcia to a family of some standing, he received basic religious education in childhood; the family later moved to Seville, laying the early environmental foundation for his later Sufi practice.
2. 1171–1180Seville · Al-AndalusDuring this period he received education in the Quran, hadith, grammar, and literature in Seville, aged roughly six to fifteen; he had not yet begun formal Sufi practice but already showed a keen interest in religious knowledge.
3. 1180–1240Mecca · HejazAs an adult he sought out Sufi masters across Al-Andalus and the Maghreb, later residing long in Mecca, where he wrote the Futuhat al-Makkiyya and Fusus al-Hikam, founding the mystical system of 'oneness of being' that has influenced the Islamic world to this day.