Claude Addas

Claude Addas is a French-Polish scholar of Islam who has made major contributions to the field of Ibn Arabi studies.

Claude Addas
Nationality	French
Occupation	Islamic scholar
Notable work	Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi

Biography

Claude Addas is the daughter of the Islamic scholar Michel Chodkeiwicz.^[1] Addas earned a degree in Arabic and Persian.^[2]

She is the author of the 1989 book Ibn ʻArabī, ou, La quête du soufre rouge, a biography of Ibn Arabi, which was translated into English by Peter Kingsley as Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi and published in 1993.^[3] William Chittick described Quest for the Red Sulphur as "the best and most thoroughly documented account" of Ibn Arabi's life.^[4] Gregory Lipton described her as "Ibn Arabi's preeminent Western biographer".^[3]

She is also the author of Ibn Arabî et le voyage sans retour, which was translated into English as Ibn 'Arabi: The Voyage of No Return.^[3]

Works

• Ibn ʻArabī, ou, La quête du soufre rouge. Gallimard, 1989, ISBN 2-07-071504-3^[5]
• Ibn Arabî et le voyage sans retour, Le Seuil 1996, ISBN 978-2-02-025126-6^[6]
• La Maison muhammadienne: Aperçus de la dévotion au Prophète en mystique musulmane, Gallimard, 2015, ISBN 2-07-014763-0

Works translated to English

• Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi. Islamic Texts Society, 1993, ISBN 0-946621-45-4^[7]
• Ibn 'Arabi: The Voyage of No Return. Islamic Texts Society, 2000, ISBN 0-946621-74-8^[8]