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The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq

A Collection of Mystical Odes

By Ibn ʿArabī

Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson

Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1911, Oriental Translation Fund, New Series

First written c. 1215

In the public domain

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Nicholson’s edition and translation of Ibn ʿArabī’s Interpreter of Desires, love poems written in Mecca, together with an abridgement of the author’s own commentary reading them as poems of divine love and mystical knowledge.

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Ibn ʿArabī. The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq: A Collection of Mystical Odes. Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Oriental Translation Fund, New Series. Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1911.

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“The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq.” Source. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society. Last modified November 7, 2026. https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/tarjuman-al-ashwaq-nicholson.

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“The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq.” The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society, 7 Nov. 2026, www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/tarjuman-al-ashwaq-nicholson.

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@misc{sources-tarjuman-al-ashwaq-nicholson,
  title = {{The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/tarjuman-al-ashwaq-nicholson}
}

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