Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta’i al-Andalusi, known as Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, is one of the most famous Sufis. His followers and other Sufis called him “the greatest Sheikh,” and thus the Akbari Sufi order is attributed to him. He was born in Murcia, Andalusia, in the month of Ramadan in the year 558 AH (1164 AD), two years before the death of Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. He died in Damascus in 638 AH (1240 AD) and was buried at the foot of Mount Qasioun.
He was a spiritual scholar among Andalusian Muslim scholars, a poet, and a philosopher whose works became highly regarded even outside the Arab world. His works number over 800, but only 100 have survived. His teachings on cosmology became highly significant in many parts of the Islamic world. His Sufi followers and disciples gave him many titles, including: The Greatest Sheikh, The Chief of Revelations, The Overflowing Sea, The Sea of ​​Realities, The Imam of Investigators, The Reviver of Religion, and The Sultan of the Knowers.