Upcoming Events
Join our in-person and Zoom events, ranging from courses, to workshops, book launches, and retreats.
Line By Line Round 9
Course length: 2-3 months.
A total of 6 sessions (1 hour, 30-minute Q&A); we are meeting every other week. After that, there will be a new registration for a continued reading.
Dates
12 May 2024
26 May 2024
9 June 2024 (during the Retreat, we meet one hour later than usual timing, 4pm UK time)
23 June 2024
7 July 2024
21 July 2024 - Revision and Q&A
Recordings: All course participants receive recordings of all the sessions.
Time: 3 PM London, UK
For more information, visit our courses.
Swiss Alps Retreat 2024
A special activity of The Futuhat Foundation is the annual retreat. The first retreat took place in 2023. Join us this yeart: 9-15 June 2024.
For more information, visit: www.thefutuhat.com/retreat
A Night Conversation
'What is most wondrous is that I have never not been outside of time'
Ibn Arabi read written in light throughout the body of the Youth, while circling the House in Makkah, what would become The Openings Revealed in Makkah. We prepare to enter, and wait. We prepare a place to alight, to see and hear with light - A Night Conversation with Ibn Arabi.
A Night Conversation is a Special Series carefully curated for our community, intended for the first Friday every two months on Zoom.
Next Event Date: 5 July, 2024, 5pm UK time
Venue: Online, Zoom
To bring: Pen and paper
Fee: 17 USD/13.50 GBP/16 EUR
Concesssion: 10 USD/8GBP/9 EUR
If the fee is preventing you from joining please email us. We have a few scholarship tickets available. Please fill in the form: Scholarship Form
A Night Conversation
'What is most wondrous is that I have never not been outside of time'
Ibn Arabi read written in light throughout the body of the Youth, while circling the House in Makkah, what would become The Openings Revealed in Makkah. We prepare to enter, and wait. We prepare a place to alight, to see and hear with light - A Night Conversation with Ibn Arabi.
A Night Conversation is a Special Series carefully curated for our community, intended for the first Friday every two months on Zoom. We are meeting on the 1st March, in preparation for the Ramadan month. Tickets can be reserved now.
Event Date: 3 May, 2024, 5pm UK time
Venue: Online, Zoom
To bring: Pen and paper
Fee: 17 USD/13.50 GBP/16 EUR
Concesssion: 10 USD/8GBP/9 EUR
If the fee is preventing you from joining please email us. We have a few scholarship tickets available. Please fill in the form: Scholarship Form
Ramadhan Special Sessions
Be part of our Ramadhan Special Sessions 2024, where each day begins with The Fatiha, followed by short sessions reading Quranic verses in conversation with Ibn Arabi's Alighting Places of the Quran.
Ramadan Mubarak!
Date: We are starting the session on March 11- ±April 9/10 (watch the moonsight). We start on the first day of fasting in the UK, ends on the day before Eid.
Time: daily, 5.00-5.30 pm UK time
Format: 10-15 minutes, followed by a 20-min Q&A every day during Ramadhan. Recordings are available after each session for participants.
Recordings are available after the class on Soundcloud for participants. We also offer a Ramadhan Specials Booklet.
Fee: 50 USD for the 30-day Ramadhan Special Sessions
For Concession: 30 USD for the 30-day Ramadhan Special Sessions
If the fee is preventing you from joining please email us. We have a few scholarship tickets available. Please fill in the form: Scholarship Form
A Night Conversation (Live, in-person event in London)
A Night Conversation is a Special Series carefully curated for our community. We are meeting on the 9th March, in-person, in preparation for the Ramadan month. This event runs in parallel to our Zoom events. Each will be new.
A Night Conversation with Ibn Arabi, 9 March 2024
'What is most wondrous is that I have never not been outside of time'
Ibn Arabi read written in light throughout the body of the Youth, while circling the House in Makkah, what would become The Openings Revealed in Makkah.
We prepare to enter, and wait. We prepare a place to alight, to see and hear with light -
A Night Conversation with Ibn Arabi.
Event Date: 9 March 2024, 2.15 - 3.30pm UK time
Arrive between 2-2.2.25pm. Door closes at 2.30 pm sharp, please come early and on time.
Venue: Peregrine's Pianos, 137A Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8TU
To bring: Pen and paper; floor cushions if you wish to sit on the floor
Fee: 15£ (19 USD)
Reserve your ticket: here
for Concession: 10£ (13 USD)
Reserve your ticket: here
Line By Line Round 8
Course length: 2-3 months.
A total of 6 sessions (1 hour, 30-minute Q&A); we are meeting every other week. After that, there will be a new registration for a continued reading.
Dates
18 February 2024
3 March 2024
17 March 2024 (during Ramadan)
31 March 2024 (during Ramadan)
14 April 2024
28 April 2024 - Revision and Q&A
For more information, visit our courses.
Line By Line Round 7
Course length: 2-3 months.
A total of 6 sessions (1 hour, 30-minute Q&A); we are meeting every other week. After that, there will be a new registration for a continued reading.
Registration Link
Line By Line Round 7
Course length: 2-3 months.
A total of 6 sessions (1 hour, 30-minute Q&A); we are meeting every other week. After that, there will be a new registration for a continued reading.
Registration Link
An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi - monthly community-led session
We are delighted to invite you to an upcoming community-led session, "An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi”! This session will be hosted in UK by Noreen, Asiya, Sabha and Zain. During this session, you will have the chance to listen to the beautiful readings, and engage with questions.
Join us from the comfort of your own home as we come together through Zoom to delve into the profound teachings of Ibn Arabi.
No registration neeeded!
Fri, 5 January 2024 6:00 pm UK Time
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86774862472
Meeting ID: 867 7486 2472
Passcode: 8889
Line By Line Round 7
Course length: 2-3 months.
A total of 6 sessions (1 hour, 30-minute Q&A); we are meeting every other week. After that, there will be a new registration for a continued reading.
Registration Link
Line By Line Round 7 (Copy)
Course length: 2-3 months.
A total of 6 sessions (1 hour, 30-minute Q&A); we are meeting every other week. After that, there will be a new registration for a continued reading.
Registration Link
An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi - community-led session
Dear Ones,
Delighted to extend our invitation to a community-led session, "An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi", that will be led to us by the Hijaz community in the United Kingdom!
During this event, you'll have the opportunity to participate in a community-led discussion, enjoy captivating readings, and engage with thought-provoking questions. We extend a warm welcome to participants from around the world, including yourself, to join this enriching experience.
Event Details
Date: December 1, 2023
Zoom Info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86774862472
Meeting ID: 867 7486 2472
Passcode: 8889
Time: 6:00 PM UK time
Line By Line Round 7
Course length: 2-3 months.
A total of 6 sessions (1 hour, 30-minute Q&A); we are meeting every other week. After that, there will be a new registration for a continued reading.
Registration Link
Line By Line Round 7
Course length: 2-3 months.
A total of 6 sessions (1 hour, 30-minute Q&A); we are meeting every other week. After that, there will be a new registration for a continued reading.
Registration Link
Special Book Launch at the University of Cambridge
Book Launch of the Taschenbuch Series Book 1 of The Openings Revealed in Makkah by Ibn al-Arabi (the Shaykh al-Akbar)
This is the first-ever translation and commentary in any language of the great work, al-Futuhat al-Makkiyah. Highly relevant, engaging, and rich, this work is wisdom from the 13th century for our times.
The Futuhat Foundation is inviting you to the Launch to meet Dr Eric Winkel. The event is for free, and drinks and snacks will be served.
Date: November 24, 2023 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue: Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, West Road Cambridge CB3 9BS
RSVP: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/5cfbe559-3bd9-46f6-b968-78a5ec1afa82
Talk: ‘Ibn al-'Arabi's Meeting with the Ka'bah’ at The School of Sufi Teaching
The School of Sufi Teaching is delighted to be hosting Dr. Shu'ayb Eric Winkel, who has dedicated his life to translating and providing commentary on the entirety of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah, a monumental 37-book work, with a completion date in 2028.
Dr Eric Winkel leads us into the world of Ibn Arabi and his meeting with the Kaʿbah and the Youth. We will see how this was a life-changing event, and one which Ibn Arabi uses to encourage us to also be receptive to such a life-changing moment. We follow his path of discovery of the heart and the soul, in this meeting. Ibn Arabi's account of the meeting is inspiration for those traveling inwardly and outwardly to the Ka'bah.
Dr. Eric Winkel will give a 45-minute talk plus plenty of time to cater for any questions during a Q&A session.
During this event, he also has the privilege of showcasing mesmerizing calligraphy from the renowned calligrapher Haji Noor Deen.
After the talk, participants have the option to stay for a 45 minute silent Sufi meditation, followed by tea.
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The Schedule:
2.45pm: Doors Open
3.00pm: Talk
3.45pm: Q&A
4.30pm: Sufi Meditation
5.15pm: Tea
5.45pm: Close
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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:00 - 17:45 GMT
Venue: School of Sufi Teaching, 253 Globe Road, London E2 0JD
Book tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ibn-al-arabis-meeting-with-the-kabah-tickets-735975541657?aff=oddtdtcreator
Line-by-Line Close Reading
Line by Line Reading Round 6 is ongoing! Dive deep into the text and join our dedicated community of readers as we uncover the intricate layers of this captivating work. Join us!
Change of date: 12 November session is moved to 11 November, same time.
Registration: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/649c97ca-07a7-4c85-bde5-f9101487ee1a
Beshara Trust Seminar: "It is rather hearts, clinging to the door of the Divine Presence": Learning from Ibn 'Arabi
A Beshara Trust Seminar with Eric Winkel
"Mystic, philosopher, poet, sage, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) was one of the world’s great spiritual teachers.
Ibn Arabi was born in Murcia in Arab al-Andalus, and his writings had an immense impact throughout the Islamic world and beyond. The universal ideas underlying his thought are of immediate relevance today" (quoted from here)
Since 2012, Dr Eric Winkel has dedicated his life to the first-ever translation of and commentary on the entirety of Muḥyīddīn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿArabī’s al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah (The Openings Revealed in Makkah). Ten thousand pages of the original handwritten manuscript make up 37 books of the complete work. It is anticipated the project will be completed in 2028. For more details see here.
In this seminar he will discuss ibn ‘Arabi’s seminal work and its significance for us now.
Date: 4 November, 2-5pm
Venue: October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street Bloomsbury London WC1N 3AL
Book tickets in advance: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/it-is-rather-hearts-clinging-to-the-door-of-the-divine-presence-tickets-735623809617
An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi - monthly community-led session
We are delighted to invite you to an upcoming community-led session, "An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi”! This session will be hosted in Canada by Juan, Clarisse and Khadija. During this session, you will have the chance to listen to the beautiful readings, and engage with questions.
Join us from the comfort of your own home as we come together through Zoom to delve into the profound teachings of Ibn Arabi.
No registration neeeded!
Fri, 3 Nov 2023 8.30 AM Ontario, Canada Time // 1.30 PM London, UK
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86774862472
Meeting ID: 867 7486 2472
Passcode: 8889
Line-by-Line Close Reading
Line by Line Reading Round 6 is ongoing! Dive deep into the text and join our dedicated community of readers as we uncover the intricate layers of this captivating work. Join us!
Line-by-Line Close Reading
Line by Line Reading Round 6 is ongoing! Dive deep into the text and join our dedicated community of readers as we uncover the intricate layers of this captivating work. Join us!
Open Dhikr in London
For those of you who would like to meet us in person, we invite you to a special gathering on 7th October from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM in London. This event is a chance to come together, reflect, and connect.
You are welcome to bring something to share with the group, making our gathering even more special.
We are looking forward to this exciting new chapter in our journey, and we hope to see you there to share in the experience.
RSVP here.
An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi - community-led session
We're delighted to invite you to an upcoming community-led session, "An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi”! This session will be led by Richard and his team from The Netherlands. During this session, you will have the chance to join the community-led discussion, listen to the beautiful readings, and engage with questions.
Event Details
Date: October 6, 2023
Zoom Info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86774862472
Meeting ID: 867 7486 2472
Passcode: 8889
Time: 5:00 PM Netherlands time
Please check your time according to your local time zone to ensure you don't miss this opportunity. We invite you to join us as we embrace the wisdom of Ibn Arabi and explore its relevance in our lives today.
Line-by-Line Close Reading
Line by Line Reading Round 6 is ongoing! Dive deep into the text and join our dedicated community of readers as we uncover the intricate layers of this captivating work. Join us!
Swiss Mountain Retreat 2023
Swiss Mountain Retreat 2023
A one-week retreat in Elm, Switzerland, all living under one roof.
One to two morning sessions each day on topics such as Ibn al-ʿArabī’s grammar of the cosmos, the letters, character inflection, and practical living in the station of maḥabbat (love), all based on The Openings Revealed in Makkah. This is part of the continuing journey of the first-ever translation of and commentary on this great work of the Greatest Teacher (shaykh al-akbar).
Afternoons are devoted to the sensory, with walks, music, calligraphy, and sleep.
Evenings are devoted to celebration of the Divine, in dhikr with ilahis. Our intention is to receive the sacred trust given to Ibn al-ʿArabī to convey the counsel of the True to His creatures. For this, we practice shura (gathering honey) from the special face of the True in every created being.
Take a moment to immerse yourself in the picturesque surroundings, the vibrant community, and the profound experiences that made this retreat so special. Each photograph carries the energy and spirit of the retreat, evoking feelings of peace, inspiration, with the wonderful comments we received.
“We gathered as a community for Swiss retreat in the Alps to spend one week in prayer, dhikr, art, contemplation and learning. Brought together by Ibn Arabi's teachings, the participants came from 3 continents and around 10 different countries, bringing with them a variety of cultural traditions and Sufi spiritual paths. In a stunningly beautiful setting, we were working, cooking and sharing meals together. Everyone left in some way transformed by the experience. Our days were spent reading and receiving wisdom from the Futuhat, contemplating the special face of the Beloved in nature walks, calligraphy, whirling, singing, and music. We were blessed with daily dhikrs and sound healing. Art, movement, nature and music helped us anchor the wisdom and knowing that is beyond words. We are grateful for the wonderful sense of community and belonging, and are already looking forward to the next retreat.”
"Quite literally, a heartening experience, a week of joy and enlightenment."
"The retreat was a magic carpet, piecing together threads of different Sufi traditions, languages, forms of spiritual and artistic expression, knowledge, and wisdom. Gathered together, all these threads formed a flying carpet of incomparable beauty, taking us at times into spaces in between worlds. InshAllah, we get to have many more retreats like this!"
"Wonderful! A great way to immerse yourself into Ibn Arabi's world."
“I loved Shuayb's metaphors, which brought Ibn Arabi's teachings to life. The place was beautiful and amazing. The food was delicious, the community worked together wonderfully. The calligraphy lessons with Hoca Haji Noor Deen were amazing. Azize's and the team of musicians and singers were the best. I felt I was with my spiritual family. Thank you so much to everyone. It was such an enriching retreat, and I highly recommend it."
A unique learning experience of the wisdom of ibn Arabi with Muslim dervishes from throughout the world.
Looking ahead, we are excited that preparations are already underway for the Swiss Mountain Retreat 2024.
Ramadan Specials
Ramadan Specials 2023:
Be part of our Ramadan Specials 2024, where each day begins with the Fatiha, followed by short sessions reading Quranic verses in conversation with Ibn Arabi's Alighting Places of the Quran. Enjoy a 10-minute live session with a 20-minute Q&A.
10-minute segment will be uploaded on Soundcloud after the session.
Dates:
Evening of Wed, Mar 22, 2023 - Evening of Thu, Apr 20, 2023
(to be confirmed closer to time, depending on the moonsighting)
Time: 8 PM Kuala Lumpur time (for Dr Winkel)
// 12:00 PM UK // 1:00 PM Berlin // 11:00 PM Melbourne // 7:00 PM IDN // 6:00 AM Mexico City // 8:00 AM NY // 6:00 PM Pakistan
(Please double check the timings for yourself)
Zoom Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/81633286440
Meeting ID: 816 3328 6440
Passcode: 8889
Fee: free by donation. Suggested donation 33 USD
Our soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-futuhat-foundation/sets/ramadan-specials-2023
Thank you for your support and duas; and look forward to seeing you soon, inshāʾAllāh.
MIAS Seminar: 'The half-door and Salma’s house: the architecture of love'
Seminar hosted by MIAS: 'Ibn Arabi, receptivity and the idea of the feminine'
Shu'ayb explains: 'With Ibn al-ʿArabī, if one hasn’t visualised or seen a picture, imaged in the imagination, of what he is talking about, one hasn’t yet understood him. In my work translating and elucidating The Openings Revealed in Makkah, I depend entirely on Divine grace.
In my talk we will look at a double door of a temple, or home, and follow Ibn al-ʿArabī’s insights into and behind the half-door.
We will then consider Salma’s house and the walls of Salma’s house, in a poem, and Ibn Arabi’s own poetry around the imagery. We then connect these images to the all-important hadith qudsi: ‘The heavens and the Earth are not vastly spacious enough for Me, but the heart of My slave who is someone faithful is.’ We contemplate the vista of the heart to prepare ourselves for our own view of the architecture of love, insha'Allah.'
Attendance is free for current members of MIAS UK, MIAS USA and MIAS Latina. This does not include the MIAS Facebook Group. There is an admission fee of £15.00 + Eventbrite fee for non-members.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ibn-arabi-receptivity-and-the-idea-of-the-feminine-tickets-440884727087
Past events autumn 2022
Autumn 2022
Bandung:
30 October - 14 November 2022
Book launch
The Qudusiyah tariqa invited Dr Eric Winkel to Bandung to launch the Indonesian edition of An Illustrated Guide to Ibn Arabi
Singapore
16 November
Book launch and lecture
‘Topological landscapes and membrane worlds: The strange mathematics of a 13th-century Andalusian, or The strange mathematics of Ibn Arabi (13th Century CE)’
Please contact us for the closed meeting.
Kuala Lumpur:
18-20 November
Please contact us for an informal meeting.