This convinced him...

This convinced him, he goes on to say, that the copies of the Futuhat which were in current use in Egypt in his time contained parts which had been foisted upon the author as done in the case of the Fusus and other works.[^8] This may very well have been the case, but having not yet read the Quniyah MS. of the Futuhat which is still extant, one is unable to say how it compares with the printed texts of our time. A critical edition of the book based on the Quniyah MS. is of utnlost importance.

Indeed it might considerably alter our knowledge of Ibn 'Arabi's mystical philosophy. What seems more certain is that many works or parts of works were written by later disciples of Ibn 'Arabi's school…