Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Philosopher
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
- PhilosopherTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Abili, a Maghribi scholar of logic and the rational sciences. Ibn Khaldun attended him in Tunis and studied under him. 1
Dates
He was born in 681 AH (1282 CE) and died in 757 AH (1356 CE). 1
People and things also explored
Wisdom (al-hikma)· Fu'ad and qalb (the heart as insight)· The world's createdness or eternity· Religious experience· The planets' reign and the world's cycles· The transmigration of souls· Tests of religious experience: intellectual and pragmatic· Abd al-Rahman Badawi
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.22
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Abili, Abu Abd Allah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-abili-muhammad-ibn-ibrahim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.