Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Ibn Barrajan
Arab Andalusian Sufi and philosopher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Abū al-Ḥakam ʿAbd al-Salām b. ʿAbd al Raḥmān b. Abī al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Lakhmī al-Ifrīqī al-Ishbīlī (Arabic: عبد السلام بن عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن برجان اللخمي; died 1141) was an Andalusian Sufi master and hadith scholar.[1] He spread his teachings in the first half of the 12th century.
Remove ads
Works
Ibn Barrajan wrote a two-volume commentary on the names of God in Islam and two famous tafsirs, ʾīḍāḥ al-ḥikma "Wisdom Deciphered the Unseen Discovered", which exists in a critical edition.[2][3] and Tanbih al-Afham Ila Tadabbur al-Kitab al-Hakim wa Ta'arruf al-Ayat wa-l-Naba al-'Athim, which is currently in print in three editions.[4][5][6]
Ibn Barrajan is most famous for his prediction of the conquest of Jerusalem from the Crusaders by Saladin, only being a few days off.[7]
His writings had a great influence on Ibn 'Arabi,[8] who was quite sceptical of ibn Barrajan's methods of prognostication of the Jerusalem conquest, calling them ʿIlm al-Hurūf.[9]
Remove ads
Death
He died in prison in Marrakesh, when he was summoned to that city by the Almoravid sultan Ali ibn Yusuf, who feared his influence.[10] Against the wishes of the sultan he received an official burial on the initiative of Ali ibn Harzihim.
See also
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads