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This volume presents the seminal treatise of the important Spanish Muslim mystic, Ibn al-'Arab?, on Islamic sainthood "The Book of the Fabulous Gryphon. In highly allusive, symbolic language, the Shaykh al-Akbar reveals his manifesto of the revolutionary significance of sainthood in the person of its timely epitome, the Seal of the saints. The first part of the book consists of a critical introduction dealing with the biographical, historical and bibliographical background to the "Fabulous Gryphon, along with a thorough examination of its concepts, themes and structure. The complete, annotated translation of the "Gryphon is followed by further original translations of related texts by Ibn al-'Arab?. Apart from the Fus's al-?ikam, no comparable treatise by this leading figure of Islamic spirituality has ever been presented in its entirety in any western language.