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Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn' Arabi XL Quran Observing the Rights of theIbn Arabi, recognized in his lifetime as al Shaykh al Akbar the supreme spiritual Master was born in 1165 in Andalusia and died in 1240 in Damascuswas recognised in his lifetime as al Shaykh al Akbar, the supreme spiritual Master. Over a period of eight centuries he has exerted a profound influence on Islamic mysticism. In recent years a number of important studies have helped acquaint the Western reader with Ibn Arabis metaphysics and this process is